Number One Hundred.

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THE

(OLD)

FARMER'S ALMANACK,

CALCULATED ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1892;

Being BISSEXTILE or LEAP-YEAR, and (until July 4) 116th of
American Independence.

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TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

Our record of One Hundred Years is completed with the present number of the "Old Farmer's Almanack." Our thanks are due for favors.

The verses in the title-page and at the head of the calendar pages are selected from the writings of the most distinctively American poet, John G. Whittier. The Almanac is computed in Standard Time ( i. e., the Time of 75th meridian west from Greenwich), 16m. behind Boston local time.

The Calculations are made in Standard Time for the longitude and latitude of Boston, and for general purposes are sufficiently accurate for most parts of New England. If, however, greater accuracy is desired, the following precepts can be regarded.

The correction for Full Sea can be obtained from the Tide Table in p. 44.

The other corrections can be obtained from the Table given below which contains corrections for the principal cities of the New England States, and any other place in New England can use the correction of the place in the Table which is nearest in longitude to itself.

For Sun Fast, subtract tabular quantity if longitude from Boston is West, but add it if East. For Moon Souths add tabular quantity if longitude is West, but

subtract it if East.

For the Rising and Setting of the Sun, Moon, and Planets add tabular quantity if longitude is West, but subtract if East, and this will give the correct value when the place is in or near the same latitude as Boston. When the place differs considerably in latitude from that of Boston, the correction will also be right when the celestial body is on or near the equator, and when it is remote from the equator this corrected result will still be approximately right. West

East

Provincetown, Mass., . 4

West
5 min.

6

1 "

.1

66

New London, Conn., .4

46

ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1892.

THERE will be four Eclipses this year, two of the SUN and two of the MOON. I. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, April 26, invisible in New England, but visible in the South Pacific Ocean and on the western coast of South America. II. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, May 11, partly visible in New England, the Moon rising eclipsed. The beginning is visible generally in the western portions of Asia, in Europe, Africa, the eastern portions of the Atlantic Ocean, and South America. The ending is visible generally in Arabia, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, and the extreme eastern portion of North America. Begins 4h. 9.9m. P.M.; middle 5h. 53.3m. P.M.; ends 7h. 37.0m. P.M. III. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Oct. 20, visible generally throughout! nearly all of North America and Alaska; also in Greenland, the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and a small portion of the Pacific Ocean. Begins at Boston, Mass., Oh. 6.9m. P.M.; ends 3h. 7.7m. P.M.

IV. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, Nov. 4, invisible in New England. The beginning generally visible in the northwest portion of North America, the Pacific Ocean, Asia, and the eastern portions of Europe. The end visible generally in the northwest Pacific Ocean, Australia, Asia, Europe (except England and Spain), and the eastern portions of Africa.

CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES FOR 1892.
Dominical Letter. . . .
CB
Lunar Cycle or
Epact... 1 | Solar Cycle 25

MOVABLE

Septuagesima Sund., Feb. 14
Shrove Sunday,

First Sund. in Lent, 66 6

Golden Number

FEASTS AND FASTS FOR 1892.

Good Friday,

66

28

Easter Sunday,

Ash Wednesday,

Mar. 2

Low Sunday,

Palm Sunday,

JANUARY.

d. h. m.

Apr. 10

12

Roman Indiction. . . 5
Julian Period. . . 6605

Advent Sunday, Nov. 27

MAY.

SEPTEMBER.

Venus sets 4 6 31 P.M.
Mars rises 12 2 42 A.M.
Jupiter sets 18 8 46 P.M.

sets

4 10

44 P.M.

Qrises 5

2 rises

Saturn

rises 25 9 16 P.M.

1⁄2 rises

26

MORNING AND EVENING STARS (1892).

Venus will be Evening Star till July 9, then Morning Star the rest of the year. Mars will be Morning Star till Aug. 4, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Jupiter will be Evening Star till Mar. 20, Morning Star till Oct. 12, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Saturn will be Morning Star till Mar. 16, Evening Star till Sept. 25, then Morning Star the rest of the year. See footnote, page 8. OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANETS. The Earth. H Uranus. h Saturn.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE ASPECTS.

6 Conjunction, or in the same degree. 8 Opposition, or 180 degrees.

Juno.

Pallas.

Ceres.

Dragon's Head, or Ascending Node.
Dragon's Tail, or Descending Node.

NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.

Cancer, breast.

8. m Scorpio, secrets.

12.

Pisces, feet.

COLLEGES, PROFESSIONAL, AND NORMAL SCHOOLS IN NEW ENGLAND. (Corrected Sept. 1891.)