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Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the year of our Lord 1800 ... 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.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1799 Fra Aja.071
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [44] p. : ill. ; 12°.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Hall & Sellers--no. 51--Market-Street, [1799]
- Notes:
- "Richard Saunders" is a pseudonym.
- The calculator was Abraham Shoemaker. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages are identical with those in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania almanac for 1800 (Trenton), by Shoemaker. There are fewer columns of calculations, and a few notes are omitted, with many others added for the length of day. Shoemaker's eclipse predictions are repeated on p. [30].
- The Anatomy is the only illustration.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 36277; Drake, M. Almanacs, 10532
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