Bickerstaff's New-England almanack, for the year of our Lord 1783 ... : Referred to the horison [as printed] of 41 deg. 35 min. n. lat. and a meridian of 4 h. 30 min. w. from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich; fitting Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire and New-York. ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Attributed to Benjamin West by Evans and in Bates, A.C. "Check list of Connecticut almanacs, 1709-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. volume 24 (1914): 102, 129. But the apparent calculator is Nathan Daboll. The astronomical and horological notes on the calendar pages, except for a few omissions, are identical with those in The New England almanack for 1783, calculated by Daboll under the pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter. The calculations are identical in part, and in part adjusted for the difference in meridian, chiefly in the tides column. The eclipse predictions in the two almanacs are versions of one another. Drake notes two states. In one the text of the Articles of Confederation, which begins on page [17], has title in roman and italic type and article designations in italic. In the other, the title for the Articles is printed in italic type with article designations in roman type. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 28 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- Norwich. |