| Evidence: | [Transcribed in Mary Bacon's commonplace book/ledger:
?Mars is situated next above the Earth his
course being between the orbit of Jupiter and that
of the Earth but very distant from both it is the
least of all the planets, Mercury excepted has less
lustre than any other star and appears of a dusky red hue
Mars is considerably less than the Earth, its diameter,
being only 4400, miles his distance from the sun is
129,000,000 of miles and he revolves about the central
luminary in 687 days proceeding at the rate of
45,000 miles an hour
continues |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1789 and 31 Dec 1799 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Hampshire specific address: Aylesfield Farm, Nr. Alton, Hampshire. |
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| Reader: | Mary Bacon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 15 Dec 1743 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | farmer's wife |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | [almanac] |
| Genre: | Astrology / alchemy / occult, This is almost certainly a printed source being typical of the kind of almanac material found in the back of diaries etc. |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17525 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Mary Bacon | |
| Title: | Mary Bacon's List of Books | |
| Location: | Hampshire Record Office | |
| Call no: | 28M82/F1 | |
| Page/folio: | n/a |
| Citation: | Mary Bacon, Mary Bacon's List of Books Hampshire Record Office, p. 28M82/F1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17525, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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