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Page 175
... interesting to note that Isaiah Thomas in his Almanack ( 1795 ) was using a tripartite decoration , one part of which contained the Zodiacal sign of the month . LUNAR CALCULATIONS , & c . Isaiah Thomas ' tripartite decoration for the ...
... interesting to note that Isaiah Thomas in his Almanack ( 1795 ) was using a tripartite decoration , one part of which contained the Zodiacal sign of the month . LUNAR CALCULATIONS , & c . Isaiah Thomas ' tripartite decoration for the ...
Page 277
... interesting contemporary manuscript notes . Nice copy . Same , for 1764. Original embossed multi - colored wrappers . Phila . ( Franklin & Hall ) , [ 1763 ] . $ 300.00 Evans 9509. With contemporary MS . notes on the inter - leaves ...
... interesting contemporary manuscript notes . Nice copy . Same , for 1764. Original embossed multi - colored wrappers . Phila . ( Franklin & Hall ) , [ 1763 ] . $ 300.00 Evans 9509. With contemporary MS . notes on the inter - leaves ...
Page 295
... interesting . The good professor was not only annoyed but insulted . He promptly told me to go find another astronomer . So I fell into the same predicament faced by just about every old time editor who was unable to make his own ...
... interesting . The good professor was not only annoyed but insulted . He promptly told me to go find another astronomer . So I fell into the same predicament faced by just about every old time editor who was unable to make his own ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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