Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the year of our Lord 1790 ... 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:

[40] p. : ill. ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Hall and Sellers, [1789]

Notes:

"Richard Saunders" is a pseudonym.

The calculator was William Waring. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages are practically identical with those in Poor Will's almanack for 1790 (Philadelphia), by Waring. There are fewer columns of calculations, and those for the sun are adjusted slightly in March-May and Sept.-Oct. Some notes on the length of day are omitted and others added. Waring's eclipse predictions are duplicated on p. [2].

Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Sept. 16, 1789.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

Local Notes:

Library copy: -1 leaf

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 22129; Drake, M. Almanacs, 10269