(PRICE 25.) For the Year of our LORD, 1764. New Aftronomical and Chronological IMPROVEMENTS. The ERRORS of the Rev. Mr. John Kennedy's Aftronomical Adapted for the USE of SEAMEN. Sale inv et del. SMüller Sc WOLVES fhall fucceed for Teachers, grievous Wolves, To their own vile Advantages fhall turn With Superftition and Tradition taint. MILTON, Par. loft, B. 12. L. 508. Printed for JoHN FULLER, in Blow-Bladder Street, M.DCC,LXIV. 鮮菜糕 To the READER. To Worth there is a Tribute justly due; Hist. feci. Brads 9-11-31 24597 BUT for the Aid of a noble-minded Perfon, whofe He ROIC ACTIONS and high Merit have greatly aided this Nation, the PALLADIUM for 1764 had never exifted. By whose bountiful and life-giving Hand, dejected Widows, helplefs Orphans, poor Prisoners, and Others, pining in Diftrefs, have received fuch timely Relief, that they owe their Prefervation to his Goodness of Difpofition, and Greatness of Mind. Who are all bound to pray for him and bless him (for the Bleffings they bave received) to their latest Breath! To be TRULY BRAVE is effential to GLORY in the high Poft of Honour; but when other amiable Qualities of Prudence, Conduct, Benevolence, Humanity, Generofity, and Justice, are joined to complete the HERO, he is, at once, the DARLING of his Country, and the Delight of Mankind! But, as great and worthy Men are more delighted to do good Actions than to bear of them, we shall avoid giving Offence to Modefty, by forbearing to mention Names ; while we offer a living Character as an Example worthy of Imitation. Sorry we are to say, that we hardly find any among the modern great Men, who are Encouragers of true and ufeful Science -Who, in general, are too much devoted to fashionable Amufements to apply themselves to scientific Improvements. Who think it a Reflection on modern Tafe and Politeness to court the Sciences. - Though we may obferve, that Men of the first Rank and Genius, among the antient Greeks and Romans, equally cultivated Arts and Arms; and thought it no Diminution of Character to excel in both: When the Sciences were confidered as Helps, instead of Hindrances, to Skill and Acquirements in Arms: To the CONTRIBUTORS. SINCE we find Science have fo very few Patrons and Encou ragers, and the Impreffion of the Palladium to coft more for Printing and Paper than it repays the Bookfeller, who is willing to propagate it without Lofs to himself, we therefore advertise the Contributors, that we are under a Neceffity to raise the Price of each fingle Palladium to 25. in Order to repay the Expence of printing it; with what private Subscription and Encouragement we have received this Year. 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