Number One Hundred and Two. THE (OLD) FARMER'S ALMANACK, CALCULATED ON A NEW AND IMPROVED PLAN FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1894 Being 2d after BISSEXTILE or LEAP-YEAR, and (until July 4) 118th of American Independence. FITTED FOR BOSTON, BUT WILL ANSWER FOR ALL THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. Containing, besides the large number of Astronomical Calculations and the Farmer's Calendar for every month in the year, a variety of NEW, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING MATTER. ESTABLISHED IN 1793, BY ROBERT B. THOMAS. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM WARE & CO. Sold by the Booksellers and Traders throughout New England. [Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893, by WILLIAM WARE, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.] TO PATRONS AND CORRESPONDENTS. The (Old) Farmer's Almanac, in its 102d number, greets heartily its many friends and patrons, and gives thanks to its correspondents for their favors. The selections at the head of the calendar pages and in the first page are from the writings of WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. Atore. B. Phomas. The Almanac is computed in Standard Time ( i. e., the Time of the 75th merid ian west from Greenwich), 16m.behind Boston local time. "It is by our works and not by our words we would be judged. these we hope will sustain us in the humble though proud station have so long held. . . . we The Calculations are made in Standard Time for the longitude and latitude of Boston, and for general purposes are sufficiently accurate for all 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. 38. 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 from Boston 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. M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S S M T W Th F S ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1894. THERE will be four Eclipses this year, two of the SUN and two of the MOON. I. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, March 21, invisible in New England, but visible in the extreme west portion of North America and in Asia. II. AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, April 5-6, invisible in New England, but visible in Asia and a part of Europe and Africa. III. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON, Sept. 14-15, visible in New England. Boston, Mass.: Begins 10h. 35.6m. P.M.; middle, 11h. 31.6m. P.M; ends 12h. 27.7m. A. M. IV. A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, Sept. 28-29, invisible in New England, but visible in the eastern part of Africa, the southern part of Asia and Aus tralia, and in the Indian Ocean. TRANSIT OF MERCURY (1894). There will be a transit of Mercury over the Sun's disc, Nov. 10, visible in New England. Boston, Mass.: Ingress begins 10h. 55.7m. A.M.; Egress ends 4h. 12.1m. P.M. CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES FOR 1894. G Dominical Letter Feb. 4 MOVABLE Lunar Cycle or FEASTS AND FASTS FOR 1894. May 13 Apr. 1 Trinity Sunday, 20 Corpus Christi, 29 Advent Sunday, Dec. 2 Palm Sunday, Mar. 18 MORNING AND EVENING STARS (1894). Venus will be Evening Star till Feb. 16, Morning Star till Nov. 30, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Mars will be Morning Star till Oct. 20, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Jupiter will be Evening Star till June 4, Morn. ing Star till Dec. 22, then Evening Star the rest of the year. Saturn will be Morning Star till Apr. 11, Evening Star till Oct. 21, then Morning Star the rest of the year. (See foot of p. 8.) NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANETS. 8 Opposition, or 180 degrees. NAMES AND CHARACTERS OF THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. |