Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the year of our Lord 1793. ... 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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waring, William

Saunders, Richard.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[44] p. : ill. ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Hall & Sellers--no. 51--Market-Street, [1792]

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 1792 (Philadelphia), by Waring, except that the times for the sun are adjusted slightly for half the months. There are fewer columns of calculations, a few notes are omitted, and those on the length of day are different. Waring's eclipse predictions are repeated on p. [30].

Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Dec. 5, 1792.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

Local Notes:

Library copy: -1 leaf

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 24770; Drake, M. Almanacs, 10335