THE LUNACY ACTS:

Containing all the Statutes relating to private Lunatics-Pauper Lunatics-Criminal Lunatics-Commissions of Lunacy-Public and Private Asylums-and the Commissioners in Lunacy; with an introductory Commentary, Notes to the Statutes, including references to Decided Cases, and a copious Index. By DANBY P. FRY, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, and of the Poor Law Board. Price 15s.

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EXPLANATORY NOTICES.

Explanation of the column headed "Meridian Passage or Southing of the planets

Venus and Jupiter."

THE Thermometrical Register, showing the highest and lowest temperature of the corresponding month of the preceding year, has been discontinued in the British Almanac since 1864, in order that the space occupied by it might be devoted to matter more belonging to the coming year. It has, therefore, been replaced by the Meridian Passage of Jupiter and Venus, that is to say, the time indicated by a clock showing mean time when those bright planets bear true south.

Explanation of the columns headed "Length of day," "Day's increase or decrease," 'Day breaks," and "Twilight ends."

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THE column headed "Length of day" contains the number of hours and minutes between sunrise and sunset. The column headed "Day's increase' expresses the number of hours and minutes which the day has increased since the shortest day; and, where the column is headed "Day's decrease," it expresses the number of hours and minutes which the day has decreased since the longest day; for example, the length of the longest day in 1866 is put down in the column "Length of day" at 16h. 34m.; and on the 6th of July following we find that the length of the day, or the number of hours and minutes between sunrise and sunset, is set down at 16h. 24m.; hence the day has decreased 10m. since the longest day, and, accordingly, in the column "Day's decrease," we find opposite July the 6th, Oh. 10m.

Equation of Time.

In this Almanac the calculations are all made for mean time (given by the clock), instead of apparent time (given by the sun-dial), which latter had been used up to the year 1833. It must be obvious that, for all practical purposes, mean time is the most useful; and to obtain it from apparent time, the columns in the Almanac headed "Equation of Time" should be used. The column "Equation of Time" ought, for example, to be consulted when persons are desirous of setting their clock by a sun-dial. When clock after sun is written above the number of minutes and seconds opposite to the day, then the clock ought to be set so much slower than the sun-dial, and the contrary.

Moonlight.

THE Moon's age is set down in days and the nearest tenths of days from the time of change. Thus it is New Moon on the 16th of January at 8h. 37m. afternoon, and therefore at noon of the 18th she is 39h. 23m. old, which is set down as one and six-tenths. The fraction of the day of course continues the same throughout the lunation.

VARIATION OF THE COMPASS, or the deviation of the magnetic or mariner's needle from the meridian or true north and south line at the undermentioned places in the United Kingdom, estimated for the 1st of January, 1866.

N.B.-The variation is westerly, and is found to be decreasing in the United Kingdom about 7' annually.

Scilly Islands, 23° 18'; Falmouth, 22° 38'; Plymouth, 22° 12'; Portland, 21° 28'; Portsmouth, 210 4'; Dover, 19° 49'; London, 20° 33'; Sunderland, 22° 22′; Edinburgh, 23° 49'; Glasgow, 24° 41'; Liverpool, 220 46'; Pembroke, 23° 16'; Holyhead, 230°41'; Dublin, 24° 43'; Belfast, 250 1'; Galway, 260 11'; Cork, 250 18'.

AUXILIARY TABLE FOR FINDING THE TIME OF SUNRISING AND SETTING.

The time of Sunrise and Sunset in the British Almanac' is adapted to the parallel of latitude in which London is situate-viz. 51° 30'.

THE following table has been constructed to show the variations of time through the United Kingdom-namely, between the latitude of 580 and 500 10' N. The times of sun-rising and sun-setting are computed for the instant that the sun's centre is even with the horizon of the sea. The number of minutes found in this table under the month-day, and in the required latitude, are to be applied to the time of sun-rising and setting found on that day in the Almanac; the result will be the time of his rising and setting at the place required.-Ex. At what time will the sun rise and set on May 21 at Edinburgh? The time of sunrise and sunset on that day in the Almanac is 4h. 2m. A.M., and 7h. 51m. P.M. In the tables in parallel of 560, in which Edinburgh is found, and under May 21, are 23 minutes; which, subtracted from 4h. 2m., leaves 3h. 39m. for time of sunrise; and, added to 7h. 51m., gives 8h. 14m. for time of sun-setting. But at those places where instead of mean time at place* railway time is now used, which in Great Britain is Greenwich mean time, and in Ireland Dublin mean time, to the times of sun-rising and sun-setting, as deduced by the auxiliary table, the longitude in time must be applied thus:-For places in Great Britain

*See above, Explanatory Notices, Equation of Time.