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[ALMANACS]. BANNEKER, BENJAMIN. Banneker's Almanack, and Ephemeris for...1793. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Joseph Crukshank [1792]. 12mo. 44pp., rebacked with black cloth tape, stain at bottom of title. FIRST EDITION of the second almanac made by Banneker, woodcut of a man with astrological signs on p. [3], a full-page account of Banneker by himself (reprinted from his first almanac of the previous year) on p. [2].
Banneker (1731-1806) was an important black American mathematician and astronomer (self-taught). He helped to survey the site of the District of Columbia, published almanacs in the 1790s, and defended the intellectual equality of his race in correspondence with Thomas Jefferson. Evans 24071; Haber, Black Pioneers of Science and Invention, pp. 1-12. Rare.
Banneker (1731-1806) was an important black American mathematician and astronomer (self-taught). He helped to survey the site of the District of Columbia, published almanacs in the 1790s, and defended the intellectual equality of his race in correspondence with Thomas Jefferson. Evans 24071; Haber, Black Pioneers of Science and Invention, pp. 1-12. Rare.