Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1781 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London. /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 16976.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:All the almanacs published in Pennsylvania for 1781 except the American almanac contain the same calculations and have most of the same astronomical notes on the calendar pages, and are clearly the work of the same author. In some the calculations for the sun are adjusted slightly for spring and autumn. The only one of these almanacs naming a real person as its author is Der Gantz neue verbesserte nord-americanische Calender (Lancaster), by David Rittenhouse. It differs from the others only in having fewer notes and columns of calculations, as is usual with German-American almanacs.
Advertised in the Pennsylvania packet, Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1780.
The Anatomy is the only illustration.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. (octavo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.