Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 - Almanacs, American - 300 pages |
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Page 121
... are called fixed Stars , because they keep the same Distance from one another , and from the Ecliptic ; they rise and set on the same Points of the Horizon , and appear like so many lucid Points fixed , to the celestial Firmament .
... are called fixed Stars , because they keep the same Distance from one another , and from the Ecliptic ; they rise and set on the same Points of the Horizon , and appear like so many lucid Points fixed , to the celestial Firmament .
Page 122
Mars may be easily known from the rest of the Planets , because it appears red like a hot Iron or burning Coal ... the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 o'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East .
Mars may be easily known from the rest of the Planets , because it appears red like a hot Iron or burning Coal ... the Planet Mars rises 35 Minutes after 10 o'Clock at Night , when that Planet may be seen to appear in the East .
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... I have taken the Liberty to imitate his well - known Method , and give two Pages for each Month ; which affords me Room for several valuable Additions , as will best appear on Inspection and Comparison with former Almanacks .
... I have taken the Liberty to imitate his well - known Method , and give two Pages for each Month ; which affords me Room for several valuable Additions , as will best appear on Inspection and Comparison with former Almanacks .
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| Title | Poor Richard: The Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Masterpieces of American literature |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustrated by | Norman Rockwell |
| Contributors | Van Wyck Brooks, Limited Editions Club, Sign of the Stone Book (Firm) |
| Publisher | Newly set into type expressly for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 300 pages |
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