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The American Almanac And Repository Of Useful Knowledge For The Year 1841

The American Almanac And Repository Of Useful Knowledge For The Year 1841

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Astronomy & SpaceGeneral World HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 9354508685
ISBN13: 9789354508684
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into the United States 1840s, when time was kept by moonrise and margins filled with hard fact. A year, mapped in numbers. The American Almanac And Repository Of Useful Knowledge For The Year 1841 is a nineteenth century almanac that brings together the practical and the panoramic: calendar reckonings, astronomical ephemeris tables, and concise intelligence once made to live within arm's reach. In tone it is brisk, useful, and oddly intimate, a record of what a young republic thought worth noting. Expect government and census facts, american statistical tables, and other summaries that show the workings of public life at a glance, a facsimile reference handbook in spirit for readers who love data with history attached. For browsing it is endlessly dip-in; for study it reads like an antebellum America reference built from primary-era habits of measurement. Almanacs were the internet of their day: compact, authoritative, and revealing in what they chose to measure. That makes this historical almanac reprint a strong companion for american history students, old farmers almanac fans, writers, and classic-literature collectors, as well as antique ephemera collectors who relish original-period texture. It can also serve as a practical genealogy research reference, grounding names and dates in the civic rhythms of the era. Ideal for desk, studio, or classroom, wherever the past needs a trustworthy calendar again. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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