The Continental pocket almanack for the year 1781 : ... Containing a variety of useful lists and tables. / By Anthony Sharp, philom.
| Other author | Sharp, Anthony. |
| Other author | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Francis Bailey, in Market-Street, between Third and Fourth-Streets, [1781] |
| Description | 24 unnumbered pages ; 11 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16975. ^A478749 |
| General note | "Anthony Sharp" is a pseudonym found only in almanacs published by Bailey. |
| General note | All the almanacs published in Pennsylvania for 1781 except The American almanac contain the same calculations and have most of the same astronomical notes on the calendar pages, and are clearly the work of the same author. In some the calculations for the sun are adjusted slightly for spring and autumn. The only one of these almanacs naming a real person as its author is Der Gantz neue verbesserte nord-americanische Calender (Lancaster), by David Rittenhouse. It differs from the others only in having fewer notes and columns of calculations, as is usual with German-American almanacs. In The Continental pocket almanac the times for the sun's rising and setting are combined. |
| General note | Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Jan. 10, 1781. |
| References | Evans 16975 |
| References | Drake, M. Almanacs, 10107 |
| 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. 16975). |
| Genre/form | Almanacs Pennsylvania 1781. |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |