An astronomical diary, or Almanack, for the year of Christian Æra, 1783. Being the Third year after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the Seventh of the Independence of America.

Date Issued:: 1783
Summary:: Containing the lunations, eclipses, courts, aspects, feasts and fasts of the Church, spring tides, judgment of the weather, sun's rising and setting, time of high water at Boston, moon's place, moon's rising and setting, vulgar notes ... calculated for the meridian of Boston in America; latitude 42 degrees 25 minutes north. Continuation of title after vulgar notes: "Also, a poem to the unmarried ladies ; an instance of true magnanimity ; a surprizing discovery of an inhumane murder ; a safe and easy cure for the sick ; maxims on prudence ; select aphorisms ; rules for preserving health in eating and drinking ; the girdle, a poem ; verses written under the picture of Cupid aiming an arrow ; a new method of setting wheat ; the portion of a just lawyer ; an anecdote against mispending time ; a paradox ; sentiments of the celebrated Mr. Penn with regard to marriage ; Friends' yearly meetings in New England ; an excellent proof of wisdom ; On futurity, a poem ; Fighting at sea, a poem ; courage, a poem ; together with many other things both useful and entertaining."

Title:	An astronomical diary, or Almanack, for the year of Christian Æra, 1783. Being the Third year after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the Seventh of the Independence of America.: Almanac for the year of Christian era, 1783.	31 views
Name(s):	Low, Nathaniel 1740-1808
Type of Resource:	text
Genre:	Almanac
Date Created:	1783
Date Issued:	1783
Publisher:	Printed by T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill, J. Gill and N. Willis in Court Street.
Place of Publication:	Boston, Ma.
Physical Form:	online resource
Extent:	24 unnumbered pages; 18 cm
Language(s):	English
Summary:	Containing the lunations, eclipses, courts, aspects, feasts and fasts of the Church, spring tides, judgment of the weather, sun's rising and setting, time of high water at Boston, moon's place, moon's rising and setting, vulgar notes ... calculated for the meridian of Boston in America; latitude 42 degrees 25 minutes north. Continuation of title after vulgar notes: "Also, a poem to the unmarried ladies ; an instance of true magnanimity ; a surprizing discovery of an inhumane murder ; a safe and easy cure for the sick ; maxims on prudence ; select aphorisms ; rules for preserving health in eating and drinking ; the girdle, a poem ; verses written under the picture of Cupid aiming an arrow ; a new method of setting wheat ; the portion of a just lawyer ; an anecdote against mispending time ; a paradox ; sentiments of the celebrated Mr. Penn with regard to marriage ; Friends' yearly meetings in New England ; an excellent proof of wisdom ; On futurity, a poem ; Fighting at sea, a poem ; courage, a poem ; together with many other things both useful and entertaining."
Identifier:	fauwa1783000000 (IID)
Note:	Printed by T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill, J. Gill and N. Willis in Court Street. Price six dollars single, and fifteen pounds per dozen
Physical Location:	Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B1F35
Subject(s):	Almanacs -- Massachusetts -- 1783 United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwa1783000000
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

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An astronomical diary, or Almanack, for the year of Christian Æra, 1783. Being the Third year after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the Seventh of the Independence of America.: Almanac for the year of Christian era, 1783.

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