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Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the year of our Lord 1794 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London; but may, without sensible error, serve all the northern states. By Richard Saunders, philom.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Waring, William., Author.
Saunders, Richard., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Almanacs, American--1794.
Almanacs, American.
Almanacs, American--Early works to 1800.
Genre:
Almanacs.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([44]p. ) ill. ;
Other Title:
Poor Richard improved
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Hall & Sellers--no. 51--Market-Street, [1793]
Notes:
"Richard Saunders" is a pseudonym.
The calculator was William Waring. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages are identical with those in Poor Will's almanack for 1794 (Philadelphia), by Waring, except that the times for the sun are adjusted slightly for most months. There are fewer columns of calculations, and a few notes are omitted, with different notes for the length of day. Waring's eclipse predictions are repeated on p. [30].
Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Dec. 11, 1793.
The Anatomy is the only illustration.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 26139
Drake, M. Almanacs, 10356
English Short Title Catalog, W29819.
OCLC:
642788434

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