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A meteorological account of the weather in Philadelphia : from January 1, 1790, to January 1, 1847, including fifty-seven years ; with an appendix ... / by Charles Peirce.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1847 Peirce
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peirce, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meteorology--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Meteorology.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Climate.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Genre:
- Embossed bindings (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- 300 p. ; 20 cm.
- Other Title:
- Half-title: Peirce's statistics of the weather, &c., &c.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Lindsay & Blakiston, 1847.
- Contents:
- Temperature of each year from January, 1790, to January, 1847
- Appendix
- Cold and stormy winters in Europe, &c
- Cold and stormy winters in America previous to 1790
- Storms and hurricanes
- Notes from our record
- The old congress of 1776, and Declaration of Independence adopted
- Great battle of Bunker Hill
- Loss of lives during the Revolutionary war and cessation of hostilities
- Definitive articles of peace signed at Paris
- Grand Federal Convention promulgated the Federal Constitution
- Congress first met in New York, George Washington president, and John Adams, vice president
- Order in which the states adopted the Constitution
- Washington enters Philadelphia on his way to New York
- History of Philadelphia
- Buildings and improvements in Philadelphia
- Railroads, &c
- Steamboats
- Loss of steamboats
- Tablet of memory
- America first discovered
- New England first planted by the Puritans
- New Hampshire first settled
- Philadelphia and other cities and towns first settled
- William Penn's first arrival
- First assembly in Philadelphia
- Penn's last return from Philadelphia to England in 1701 and death in 1718
- First yearly meeting of Friends in America
- First newspapers printed in France, England and America, and first post offices established
- New inventions &c
- Large fires
- Remarkable earthquakes.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in brown cloth with ornate pattern embossed on front and back covers.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: J.C. Mercer, 1873.
- Athenaeum copy: Handwritten on title page: "Rec'd, Feb 3rd, 1873."
- Cited in:
- Sabin 59545
- OCLC:
- 6361071
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