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	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[Philadelphia] : [Printed by Benjamin Franklin], [1753]
Description	4 pages ; (folio)
Subject(s)	Astronomy--Observations. Mercury (Planet)--Transit --1753.

Other author/creator	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Other author/creator	L'Isle, Joseph Nicholas de, 1688-1768.
Other author/creator	Winthrop, John, 1714-1779.
Other author/creator	La Gallissonnière, Roland-Michel Barrin, marquis de, 1693-1756.
Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7038 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.
General note	Signatures: [A]².
References	Evans 7038
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 983
References	Miller, C.W. Franklin, 574
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7038).

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