Wheeler's North-American calendar, or An almanack, for the year of our Lord 1791.

Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1791

Providence : Printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, [1790]

24 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcut) ; 17 cm (12mo)

Evans 23073

Drake, M. Almanacs, 12916

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1194

Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 487

ESTC (RLIN) W20842

Attributed by Evans to Benjamin West, but the actual calculator was Nathan Daboll. The eclipse predictions are a briefer version of those in The New England almanack and gentlemen & ladies diary for 1791 (New London, Conn.), calculated by Daboll under his pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter. The astronomical and horological notes on the calendar pages are identical, with some omitted and a few added. The calculations for the moon are duplicated throughout. Those for the sun and tides and in some of the notes vary because of the difference in meridian between New London and Providence. Cf. ESTC

Advertised in the United States chronicle, Providence, Oct. 14, 1790. Cf. ESTC

The illustration is an eclipse diagram on the title page

Title within an ornamental border

Signatures: A¹²

NLM copy is disbound and stabbed.

This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)