☞ The universal almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1773 ... fitted to the latitude of forty degrees north, and near five hours west from London; but may, without material error, serve all the northern colonies.
Creator(s): Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 (Contributor)
Related APS Member(s):
David Rittenhouse
Publication: Philadelphia: Printed & sold by James Humphreys, Jun. in Front Street, at the corner of Black Horse Alley, [1772]
Record Source:
References:
Sabin 97998 | Evans 12542 | Evans 12979 | Evans 12980 | Evans 13577 | Evans 14433 | Evans 15066
Editions: 2x 1772, 1x 1773, 1x 1774, 1x 1775, 1x 1776
Editions Note:
Published between 1773 and 1777, with two editions of the 1773 installment, The universal almanack was a continuation of the Universal American almanack, published between 1759 and 1771. No catalog records note contributions by Rittenhouse to the first series, but the first several installments of the second series explicitly credit him with the astronomical calculations.
Holding Note:
APS has one copy of the 1777 installment.
BibNumber: 61.022