Robinson Crusoe's almanac, for the year 1813. ... [electronic resource]
- Bib ID:
- 3757460
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- http://opac.newsbank.com/select/shaw/26642
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- Description:
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- Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by W. M'Culloch, bookseller and stationer, no. 306, Market-Street., [1812]
- [36] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 26642.
- Notes:
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- Apparently calculated by Joshua Sharp. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages are, with certain exceptions, identical with those in Bennet & Walton's, Johnson & Warner's, and the United States almanacs for 1813 (Philadelphia), which name Sharp as their calculator.
- Robinson Crusoe's gives different figures in the column of time equations ("sun slow" or "fast"). There are a number of variations in the column for the moon's place, too many to be typographical errors. The column for the moon's southing is omitted, and an ephemeris is added. The astronomical notes omit the aspects, and the sun's declination and the length of day are inserted once a month.
- In the eclipse predictions preceding the calendar pages, the end of the first moon eclipse is given as 4:11, but in the almanacs by Sharp named above it is 5:01.
- Poor Richard improved for 1813, also with Sharp's name on the title page, is identical with Crusoe's to the same degree as the other three almanacs mentioned, but is more elaborate.
- Title vignette. The Anatomy is the only other illustration.
- Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
- Cited In:
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- Shaw & Shoemaker 26642
- Drake, M. Almanacs, 10990
- Reproduction:
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 26642).
- Place:
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sharp, Joshua
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1812
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1812
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