AN ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS, CALENDAR, OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1785.By N. Strong, late Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Yale-College
Strong, Nehemiah
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[24]pp. 12mo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Front and back pages somewhat soiled. Extensive ink stains to second and third page, mostly translucent. Small stab hole to entire pamphlet, touching a letter or two on some pages. Interior otherwise quite clean and bright. Very good. Yale Professor Nehemiah Strong's Connecticut almanac for 1785, and one of the earlier editions published under his own name rather than one of his many pseudonyms whose use continued alongside this and other almanacs for the next twenty years. The typical bits of verse and calendars are preceded by a collection of "Curious Miscellanies, Mathematical and Philosophical", which include musings on how the speed of light would interact with Creation ("Query then, whether Sirius was ever seen by any inhabitant of his world till after i[t] had been created 5 years and 103 days?"). In addition, there is another article which describes the nature of the star Sirius in more detail, including an explanation of the origin of the phrase "Dog-Days [of Summer]" as well as a strategy for ladies to rid themselves of "one of those silly fells who will not take 'no' for an answer." DRAKE 370. EVANS 18798. ESTC W25521. Seller Inventory # WRCAM56999
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Title: AN ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS, CALENDAR, OR ...
Publisher: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, Hartford
Publication Date: 1784
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AN ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS, CALENDAR, OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1785.By N. Strong, late Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Yale-College.
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Hartford: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, [1784]., 1784
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Yale Professor Nehemiah Strong's Connecticut almanac for 1785, and one of the earlier editions published under his own name rather than one of his many pseudonyms whose use continued alongside this and other almanacs for the next twenty years. The typical bits of verse and calendars are preceded by a collection of "Curious Miscellanies, Mathematical and Philosophical", which include musings on how the speed of light would interact with Creation ("Query then, whether Sirius was ever seen by any inhabitant of his world till after i[t] had been created 5 years and 103 days?"). In addition, there is another article which describes the nature of the star Sirius in more detail, including an explanation of the origin of the phrase "Dog-Days [of Summer]" as well as a strategy for ladies to rid themselves of "one of those silly fells who will not take 'no' for an answer." DRAKE 370. EVANS 18798. ESTC W25521. [24]pp. 12mo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Front and back pages somewhat soiled. Extensive ink stains to second and third page, mostly translucent. Small stab hole to entire pamphlet, touching a letter or two on some pages. Interior otherwise quite clean and bright. Very good. Seller Inventory # 56999
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