Franklin's legacy; or, The Lansingburgh almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1798 ..
By: By Philomathes
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 32690
Publisher: Printed by R. Moffitt & Co. and sold by them, by the gross, dozen or single.
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Lansingburgh, N.Y.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Portraits
Notes: The anonymous calculator was Andrew Beers, as seen through comparison with his Beers's almanac for 1798, published at Troy, N.Y. The eclipse predictions, and the calculations for the phases and rising and setting of the moon, are identical in both almanacs. The astronomical notes on the calendar pages are identical throughout, except for a few altered calculations and a few omissions in Franklin's legacy. The calculations for the rising and setting of the sun vary slightly.

Advertised in the Northern budget, Lansingburgh, Nov. 28, 1797.

Signatures: pi² C⁴ D² ²D⁴ E² F⁴.

Title vignette (portrait of Benjamin Franklin).

Evans 32690

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