America and Her Almanacs: Wit, Wisdom, & Weather, 1639-1970 |
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... University Libraries , 39 State His- torical Societies , the Public Libraries of the 10 largest cities , and 37 of the libraries of the 50 largest cities . Also represented are the Library of Congress , Amer- ican Antiquarian Society ...
... University Libraries , 39 State His- torical Societies , the Public Libraries of the 10 largest cities , and 37 of the libraries of the 50 largest cities . Also represented are the Library of Congress , Amer- ican Antiquarian Society ...
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... University and for the University of Pennsylvania . Rittenhouse also had his own observatory and America's first tran- sit telescope through which he observed the transit of Venus in 1769. As a patriot he parallels Sherman of New Haven ...
... University and for the University of Pennsylvania . Rittenhouse also had his own observatory and America's first tran- sit telescope through which he observed the transit of Venus in 1769. As a patriot he parallels Sherman of New Haven ...
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... University authored a fine , comprehensive book , called The Old Farmer and his Almanack . This was about the man Thomas and his almanac . It was copyrighted by Horace Ware , then editor and publisher of the annual editions of the al ...
... University authored a fine , comprehensive book , called The Old Farmer and his Almanack . This was about the man Thomas and his almanac . It was copyrighted by Horace Ware , then editor and publisher of the annual editions of the al ...
Contents
FROM THE BEGINNING | 10 |
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 30 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
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18th century Abraham advertising Albany Alma almanac editors almanac makers American almanac American Antiquarian Society Anderson appear Astronomical Diary Ayer Ayer's Benjamin Franklin Bewick Boston butter calendar pages casks chapter cider cold Colonial Concord Connecticut copy cures Dudley Leavitt early almanacs edition eggs er's Almanac example farm flour friends give Hampshire Historical Society humor Hutchins illustrations Isaac Bickerstaff Isaiah Thomas Jayne's John Josh Billings Leavitt Lexington Low's manac Massachusetts month moon Nathan Daboll Nathanael Ames night old almanacs Old Farmer's Almanac ounce Philadelphia Philomath planets Poor Richard says pound powder predictions printed printer published Puritan quarter rain readers Rhode Island Richard Saunders Robert Samuel Stearns snow Steward stitched storm sugar Tavern things Thomas Bewick tion Titan Leeds Tract Tulley verse vinegar weather forecasts Weatherwise wind wood engraver Worcester YANKEE