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A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1796. [electronic resource] : Being leap year, and twenti...

A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1796. [electronic resource] : Being leap year, and twenti...

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A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1796. [electronic resource] : Being leap year, and twentieth of American independence, which began July 4th, 1776. Calculated chiefly for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, the metropolis, being in latitude 42 deg. 23 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. By Thomas & John Fleet.

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A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1796. [electronic resource] : Being leap year, and twentieth of American independence, which began July 4th, 1776. Calculated chiefly for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, the metropolis, being in latitude 42 deg. 23 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. By Thomas & John Fleet.

Publisher

Boston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill. Licensed according to the law of Congress, [1795]

Date

[1795]

Record Identifier

74VvemkEjrwd

MMS ID

991016992839702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[20],148p. ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

Boston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill. Licensed according to the law of Congress, [1795]

Place of Publication

United States of America

Date Published

[1795]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1796. [electronic resource] : Being leap year, and twentieth of American independence, which began July 4th, 1776. Calculated chiefly for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, the metropolis, being in latitude 42 deg. 23 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory a...

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Notes

General note

The Pocket almanack was calculated by Nathanael Low. The eclipse page is practically identical with that in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1796, the calculations on the calendar pages are similarly identical with slight variations, and the weather predictions generally correspond....

Citation / References Note

Drake, M. Almanacs, 3552.

ESTC W29815.

Evans, 28680.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvemkEjrwd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvemkEjrwd

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MMS ID

991016992839702626