An astronomical diary: or, almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1765 [microform] : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New-England, lat. 42 deg. 25 min. north. ... / By Nathaniel Ames. ; [Twelve lines of verse].
- Author
- Ames, Nathaniel, 1741-1822
- Published
- Boston : Printed and sold by R and S Draper, in Newbury-Street; Edes and Gill and Green and Russell, in Queen Street; and T & J Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. Sold also by S. Hall at Newport. Price: 3s. 4d. per dozen, and 7 coppers single, [1764]
- Physical Description
- 24 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (8vo)
- Additional Creators
- Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764
Online Version
- Series
- Genre(s)
- Note
- Advertised in the Massachusetts gazette and Boston news-letter, Nov. 15, 1764, where it is noted that "The late Dr. Nathaniel Ames had finished his calculations for this almanac, and prepared a copy therof, before his death, excepting the eclipses, which, together with the additional part, has since been completed by his son [i.e. Nathaniel Ames, 1741-1822]." See also the preface by the younger Ames.
ONLINE VERSION AVAILABLE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Other Forms
- Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series.
- Reproduction Note
- Microopaque. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1955-1983. 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9571).
- Reviewed/Cited In
- Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 268
Drake, M. Almanacs, 3143
Evans, C. American bibliography, 9571
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