America and Her Almanacs: Wit, Wisdom, & Weather, 1639-1970 |
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... beginning Many almanacs were being published long before the discovery of America . One can safely say that in most of the countries of the world the almanac was its first publication . This was only natural for mankind has always lived ...
... beginning Many almanacs were being published long before the discovery of America . One can safely say that in most of the countries of the world the almanac was its first publication . This was only natural for mankind has always lived ...
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... beginning to establish themselves as useful recorders of history . In the period between 1750 and 1790 , the most striking example of this kind of on - the - spot reporting is found in The North American Almanack , and Gentleman's and ...
... beginning to establish themselves as useful recorders of history . In the period between 1750 and 1790 , the most striking example of this kind of on - the - spot reporting is found in The North American Almanack , and Gentleman's and ...
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... beginning and end- ing , the direction of the wind , its changes and time of con- tinuance . These observers , together with the log - books of vessels off the coast , and other similar sources of informa- tion , formed , as it were , a ...
... beginning and end- ing , the direction of the wind , its changes and time of con- tinuance . These observers , together with the log - books of vessels off the coast , and other similar sources of informa- tion , formed , as it were , a ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
QUIPS AND QUOTES ON WRY | 198 |
THE SPECIALTY ALMANACS | 235 |
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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 observation old almanacs Old Farmer's Almanac ounce Philadelphia Philomath plant Poor Richard says pound powder predictions printed printer published Puritan 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