Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the year of our Lord 1795 ... 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:

Shoemaker, Abraham

Saunders, Richard.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[44] p. : ill. ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Hall & Sellers--no. 51--Market-Street, [1794]

Notes:

"Richard Saunders" is a pseudonym.

The calculator was Abraham Shoemaker. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages, apart from some misprints, are identical with those in the New Jersey almanack for 1795 (Trenton), by Shoemaker. There are fewer columns of calculations, and many added notes for the length of day. Shoemaker's eclipse predictions are repeated on p. [30].

Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1794.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

Local Notes:

Library copy: -1 leaf

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 27672; Drake, M. Almanacs, 10382