Letters relating to the transit of Mercury over the sun, which is to happen May 6, 1753 : Sir, What put me upon giving you the trouble of this, was, the sight which a few days ago I had of some letters from the Royal Academy of Sciences, at Paris, with directions for observing in Canada, the end of a transit of Mercury over the sun

Letters relating to the transit of Mercury over the sun, which is to happen May 6, 1753 : Sir, What put me upon giving you the trouble of this, was, the sight which a few days ago I had of some letters from the Royal Academy of Sciences, at Paris, with directions for observing in Canada, the end of a transit of Mercury over the sun.

Author/creator	Alexander, James, 1691-1756
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Philadelphia] : [Printed by Benjamin Franklin], [1753]
Description	4 pages ; (folio)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Astronomy--Observations. Mercury (Planet)--Transit --1753.

Other author/creator	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Other author/creator	L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768.
Other author/creator	Winthrop, John, 1714-1779.
Other author/creator	La Galissonnière, Roland Michel Barrin, marquis de, 1693-1756.
Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7038. ^A478749
General note	A letter from James Alexander to Benjamin Franklin, accompanied by translations of letters from the Marquis de la Gallissonnière and a memorial drawn up by Joseph-Nicholaus Delisle. Cf. Miller.
General note	Title from caption title and first lines of text.
General note	Erroneously attributed to Professor John Winthrop of Harvard by Ford.
General note	Imprint supplied by Miller. Mistakenly described as a Boston imprint by Evans and Ford.
References	Evans 7038
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 983
References	Miller, C.W. Franklin, 574
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7038).

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