Astronomical Diary
Item #79903
AMES, Nathaniel. An Astronomical Diary, or, an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1755. Boston: J. Draper, [1754]. 8 leaves. Complete. Sewn. Some marginal notations, first leaf separated but present, else very good. Drake 3097. Evans 7143. ESTC W29769. Guerra 1754 [b-91]. At the head of page14: "WHO 'ere presum'd, till FRANKLIN led the Way, / to climb the amazing Highth of Heaven, / And rob the Sky of it's tremendous Thunder; / And leave the Clouds, with Winds and Tempests fraught, / But Breath enough to shake the trembling Trees, / And rock the Birds that perch upon their Boughs." Benjamin Franklin conducted his experiment using a kite in a storm in June 1752. With an essay on Diet and one on Exercise.
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