Poor Job, 1753. An almanack for the year of our Lord 1753 : ... Fitted to the meridian of Rhode-Island; but will serve (without any sensible error) in all the adjacent places, even from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. /
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 6929. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | The prefaces to this series show that the pseudonym is that of the calculator, who is identified as the printer James Franklin by H.M. Chapin (American collector 2 (1926): 325-329; "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society n.s. volume 25 (1915): 22). But Franklin is not known to have been educated in mathematics and astronomy. Advertised in the Boston evening post, Dec. 11, 1752. The Anatomy is the only illustration. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. (octavo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Rhode Island -- Newport. |