Bickerstaff's improved almanack, for the year of our Lord 1785 ... : 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; but may serve indifferently for all the towns in Connecticut, and the adjacent parts. ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 18879. |
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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, 136. But the actual calculator is Nathan Daboll. The calculations for the rising and setting of the sun and moon, and most of the astronomical and horological notes on the calendar pages, are identical with those in The New England almanack and gentlemen and ladies diary for 1785 (New London), calculated by Daboll under the pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter. Advertised in the Norwich packet, Sept. 23, 1784. Advertisement for books and stationery sold at the printer's office, page [24]. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 24 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- Norwich. |