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The Balloon almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1786.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [40]p. : ill. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by John Steele, in Second-Street, between Spruce and Union Streets, [1785]
- Notes:
- Advertised in the Freeman's journal, Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1785.
- Illustrated title page depicts Vincenzo Lunardi's balloon ascension at London, Sept. 15, 1784, showing his falling oar.
- Pages [4-5] contain a brief account of Lunardi's ascent and a long humorous poem entitled "The Progress of Balloons." -.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 18923; Drake, M. Almanacs, 10194
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