An astronomical diary : or, almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1765. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New-England, lat. 42 deg. 25 min. north. ... By Nathaniel Ames. [12 lines of verse].
| Author/creator | Ames, Nathaniel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed and sold by R. and S. Draper, in Newbury-Street; Edes and Gill, and Green and Russell, in Queen Street; and T. & J. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. Sold also by the booksellers. Price: 3s. 4d. per dozen, and 7 coppers single, [1764] |
| Description | 24 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Other author/creator | Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764, author. |
| Other author/creator | Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764. |
| Other author/creator | Draper, Richard, 1727-1774, printer. |
| Other author/creator | Draper, Samuel, 1737-1767, printer. |
| Other author/creator | Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803, bookseller. |
| Other author/creator | Gill, John, 1732-1785, bookseller. |
| Other author/creator | Green, John, 1731-1787, bookseller. |
| Other author/creator | Russell, Joseph, 1734-1795, bookseller. |
| Other author/creator | Fleet, Thomas, 1732-1797, bookseller. |
| Other author/creator | Fleet, John, 1734-1806, bookseller. |
| General note | The compilation of this issue was begun by the elder Nathaniel Ames (1708-1764) and completed by his son Nathaniel. Cf. New England Historical and Genealogical Record, v. 16 (1862), p. 255-257. See also the preface by the younger Ames, whose "Elegy on the death of the late Dr Ames" is also included in the almanac (p. [21-22]). The Massachusetts gazette advertisement states "The late Dr. Nathaniel Ames had finished his calculations for this almanac, and prepared a copy thereof, before his death, excepting the eclipses, which, together with the additional part, has since been completed by his son." -. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | Evans, 9570 |
| References | Drake, M. Almanacs, 3142 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W22470. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Almanacs. |
| Genre/form | Almanacs Massachusetts 1765. |
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