AN ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS, CALENDER, OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1784

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[24]pp. 12mo. Gathered signatures, recently re- stitched. First and last pages somewhat soiled, interior lightly foxed but otherwise clean. A very good copy. A very clean and well-maintained copy of this scarce Connecticut almanac from the early Confederation period. Strong, a Yale graduate who became the college's first professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 1770, was Connecticut's most famous publisher of almanacs under a variety of pseudonyms in the late 18th century. His almanac for 1783 was the first to be published with his own initials; while something of an open secret, this almanac for 1784 was the first to directly reference the author by name. In addition to the usual calendars and notes, this almanac contains a two page introduction by the author explaining the basic science of eclipses as well as a "Chronology of memorable events", beginning with the creation of the world and including a number of events from the American revolutionary period, ending with "General Cornwallis defeated at York-Town." EVANS 18201. DRAKE 361. ESTC W25519. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM56995

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