Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord 1786 : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New-England, latitude 42: 25 n. But will also serve the adjacent states without any sensible variation. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 19225. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Erroneously attributed to David Rittenhouse by Evans. The actual calculator was Samuel Stearns. The calculations and astronomical and horological notes on the calendar pages duplicate those in Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New-Hampshire & Vermont almanack for 1786, except that Thomas's, devoting two pages to each month instead of one, has many additional calculations and notes. A letter from Stearns to Thomas, dated Oct. 25, 1785, in the manuscript collection of the American Antiquarian Society, shows Stearns to have been the calculator of Thomas' almanac. Stearns' letter to Thomas is in reference to his eclipse predictions, he having been the only New England almanac calculator to predict four instead of five for 1786. In the present Weatherwise version, the fifth eclipse (Dec. 20) has been added. The rest of the eclipse predictions and subjoined astronomical notes on page [2] duplicate those in Thomas. Advertised in the Continental journal, Boston, Oct. 27, 1785. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 24 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |