MDCCXXXIII. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1733.CALCULATED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON, N.E. WHERE THE ARTICK POLE IS ELEVATED, AND THE ANTARTICK POLE IS DEPRES'D, EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 DEG. 25 MIN. AND UNDER A MERIDIAN OF 4 H. 25 MIN. WEST FROM LONDON. By a Native of New-England

Bowen, Nathan

Verlag: Published by B. Green, and sold at the booksellers shops, Boston, 1733

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[16]pp. Later sewing along spine. Old stab holes in inner margin. Moderate browning, minor wear at edges. Good. A scarce 18th-century New England almanac by Nathan Bowen, who issued a series of almanacs published in Boston between 1721 and 1737. In addition to the calendar year, this NEW- ENGLAND DIARY includes predictions for the year's eclipses and a brief account of the leap year. In his preface Bowen includes his thoughts on the life and lot of the almanac compiler: "Having the last year finished twelve of these my annual papers, I proposed to lay down my pen, and leave the drudgery of calculation to those who have more leisure, and a clearer brain than I can pretend to. Indeed the contempt with which a writer of almanacks is looked on, and the danger he is in, of being accounted a conjurer, should seem sufficient to deter a man from publishing any thing of this kind. But when I consider that all this is the effect of ignorance, and therefore not worth my notice or resentment, and that the most judicious and learned part of the world have always highly valued and esteemed such undertakings.I am induced to appear again in the world; and hope this will meet with the same kind acceptance with the former." EVANS 3508. DRAKE 3041. ESTC W35459. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM37680

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Titel: MDCCXXXIII. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ...

Verlag: Published by B. Green, and sold at the booksellers shops, Boston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1733