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An astronomical diary, calendar, or almanack, for the year of our Lord 1801. ... Calculated for the meridian and horizon of New-Haven. Lat. 41 degrees 19 minutes north. And longt. 73 degrees 14 minutes west of the Royal Observatory or Flamsted House in Greenwich, according to the latest observations; but may, without any sensible error, serve indifferently for all the towns in Connecticut, and adjacent states. By H. Stafford. ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1800 Astr Ja* 6
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strong, Nehemiah, 1729-1807 11621
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [24]p. : ill. ; 12°.
- Place of Publication:
- New-Haven : Printed & sold by T. Green & Son, [1800]
- Notes:
- The title pages of Strong's almanacs for 1806 and 1807 published at New Haven identify Strong as the author of those formerly issued under the pseudonym of Hosea Stafford.
- The author's preface, the eclipse predictions, and the calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages, are all identical or practically so with those in Strong's The Connecticut pocket almanack for 1801 (Hartford). As usual, "Stafford" also includes Strong's characteristic page entitled "Variation of sun and clock." - Advertised in the Connecticut journal, New Haven, Nov. 6, 1800.
- The Anatomy is the only illustration.
- Local Notes:
- Library copy: leaf C4 mutilated, removing some text; MS. notes
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 38550; Drake, M. Almanacs, 612
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