Astronomical. GENERAL INDEX. Right of Suffrage-An Act to Small Coin to be redeemed..19 duced 17 .19 The Texas Pacific Railway ..22-24 .42 Population of the principal National Finances. Bonds issued to Pacific Railroads 28 .28 Debt bearing Coin Interest..27 Pre-emption Explained.....78 Slaves in the U. S. from 1790 to 1860 47 Political Statistics. Apportionment for the next House of Representatives.56 Committees of the Senate and House of Representa- Salaries of State Governors.56 .56 50 Eleetion Returns for 1871. California .24 Connecticut.. White Population by States from 1790 to 1870... District of Columbia. ..44 Iowa.. them ..19 District of Columbia-A Territorial Government provided for ..17 Food for French and German Sufferers to be sent in U. S. Vessels Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution - Provision for its Enforcement....20 Indians-Provision for Re ....20 moval of.. .17 Indian Lands in Wisconsin- .17 .17 Kansas to be Reimbursed for .17 War Expenses. Lands granted to the Utah acquire them. .78 Central Railroad .17 Homestead-How to obtain Military Reservations to be Sold.... ..17 National Centenary-Provision for its Celebration.....18 Pensions of 1812-Extending 17 the List. it.... Popular Vote for President..77 50 51 76 58 77 72 73 75 .75 .71 58 .59 .70 New Hampshire. 66 North Carolina... .67, 68 .77 60 .65 .69 .70 ..59 57 .74 .76 .69 .73 Astronomical Department, Computed and arranged expressly for this WORK, by SAMUEL H. WRIGHT, A. M., M. D., Penn Yan, Yates County, N. Y. There will be four Eclipses this year, as follows: I. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, May 22; invisible in the United States. II. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, June 5; invisible in North America, except in Washington Territory and the Arctic Regions. III. A very small Eclipse of the Moon in the evening of November 14th and morning of the 15th; visible, being only one thirty-third of the Moon's diameter on the northern limb. See the following table: Portland Boston PLACES. Eclipses for the Year 1872. 9 Sivan 10 Tammuz. Begins. D. H. M. 14 II 44 ev. MONTH. Middle, II Ds'l-Kadah 12 Ds'l-Rejjah I Muharrem. H. M. o 38 m. 2 Saphar. 3 Rabia I. 4 Rabia II. 5 Jomadhi IV. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, November 30; invisible In North America. Morning Stars. Venus (?) until July 15. Evening Stars. Planets Brightest. MERCURY January 27, May 25, and September 18, rising before the Sun; also April 2, July 31, and November 24, setting soon after the Sun. VENUS and MARS not this year. JUPITER January 15. SATURN July 9. Jewish Calendar for 1872. The Jewish year 5632 is the 8th of the 297th Cycle, and egan Sep er 1871, and ends October 2, 1872. It contains 55 Sabbaths, and 383 days, being embolismic, and of 13 months. The year 5633 begins October 3, 1872, and ends September 21, 1873. BEGINS. End, 15th. January 11 H. M. o 58 m. O 55 m. o 31 m. o 28 m. BEGINS. o 24 m. o 20 m. January 12.... LENGTH. 30 29 29 30 PLACES. DAYS. Detroit.. 30 DAYS.. MONTH. Begins. D. H. M. 8 50 ev. 14 II Ab... I Tisri (5633). 2 Marchesvan. 3 Cisleu.. 4 Thebet 5 Sebat (1873). Middle, Mohammedan Calendar for 1872. The Mohammedan year 1288, of 354 days, began March 23, 1871, and ends March 10, 1872. The year 1289, of 355 days, begins March 11, 1872, and ends February 28, 1873. MONTH. H. M. H. M. 6 Jomadhi II. 9 Ramadan 12 Ds'l-Rejjah. BEGINS. End. 20 August .. 301 29 BEGINS. LENGTH August 6. 30 29 30 DAYS. DAYS. 30 30 1873 New and Valuable Tide Table for 110 Places. To find the time of high-water at any of the places ramed in the following table, add the time indicated in the first column of figures to the time of" Moon South," or "Moon on Meridian," found in the calendar pages. If the result is more than 12 hours from noon, the time will be the next day in the morning; and if more than 12 hours from midnight, the time will be in the afternoon of the same day. The tide thus found is the first after the Moon's culmination. The second tide occurs 12 hours and 26 minutes later than the first: PLACES. Monomoy Portland. Newburyport... Boston Light. Plymouth.. NORTH E. COAST. H.M. FT. FT Hanniwell's Point 11 15 9.37.0 II 25 9.9 7.6 II 23 9.9 7.2 II 22 9.1 6.6 10 57 10.2 7.1 II 13 10.6 7.6 II 12 10.9 8.1 11 27 11.38.5 II 19 11.4 9.0 II 513.29.2 II 22 10.8 7.7 II 58 5.3 2.6 12 24 3.6 2.6 12 22 3.9 1.8 12 16 2.5 1.6 II 43 1.8 1.3 8.4 2.8 1.8 7 59 4.7 3.1 8 34 2.0 1.2 7 45 3.9 1.8 7 31 3.3 2.9 7 36 3.8 2.3 7 40 4.2 2.9 7 48 5.0 3.7 7 59 5-33-5 7 57 4.6 2.8 7 45 4.63.1 7 32 3.7 2.6 7 36 3.52.0 8 20 2.4 1.8 29 5.64.0 Tivoli. Stuyvesant Establishm't Hyannis Spring Summer Autumn 66 66 Hight of 66 Dominical Letters... PLACES. ... 201 6585 Establishm't Hight of Spring Tide. Castleton JERSEY COAST. Richmond. H.M. FT. FT 3.0 2.3 9 0 9 9 38 9 28 II 16 II II II 7 II 13 11 22 II 20 7 32 8 19 8 17 0 32 4 38 5 42 6 33 7 44 2 II 4 32 o 42 3.12.4 3.2 2.2 2.9 2.3 3.12.1 6.2 5.2 8.0 4.7 9.2 5.4 8.9 6.4 8.6 6.6 9.2 6.1 15 Quadragesima Sunday 8 Mid-Lent Sunday 5.4 3.6 4.5 3.0 6.2 3.9 7.0 5.1 6.9 5.0 6.9 6.6 6.8 5.1 3.0 2.0 1.9 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.8 1.5 0.9 3.4 2.0 3.0 2.5 3.4 2.3 1.9 1.3 7 4 2.2 1.8 The Four Seasons. Winter' begins, 1871, December. 51 mo., and lasts... 1872, March. June... 20, IO 23 eve., 22, O 46 eve., September 21, 6 66 5 Quinquagesima II Ash Wednesday G F Septuagesima Sunday..Jan. 28 | Easter Sunday 66 66 .Mar.10 66 Wilmington.. St. Augustine. Charlotte Harb'r H.M. FT. FT 7 56 4.7 2.7 20 ... 7 33 5.4 8 34 2.2 1.3 2.0 0.6 9 30 13 9 II 21 1.5 0.9 1.5 0.6 1.3 0.8 .8 1.0 13 15 3.2 1.6 13 38 2.9 1.4 5.0 2.3 4-7 2.2 5.1 2.8 4.8 2.4 4.3 2.5 4.4 2.8 4.3 2.8 D. H. M. 89 O 92 20 58 34 93 23 59 54 14 17 5 Palm Sunday To Get Correct Time. When the shadow cast by the Sun reaches the noon-mark, set the clock at the time given in calendar pages of this Almanac, in the column of "Sun at Noon-mark," and it will be exactly right. If a meridian line is used instead of a noon-mark, the passing the lines by the Sun's center is the moment for setting the clock. Any skillful survey or can make a noon-mark or meridian lines of small brass or copper wires. In doing so, he must allow for the variation of the magnetic needle from a true or astronomical north and south line. 30 I A Table of Sixty-one Bright Stars. To ascertain when any Star found in the following Table will be on the upper meridian, add the numbers opposite in the left-hand column of figures to the time of "Sidereal Noon" found in the calendar pages. For the RISING of a star, subtract the number opposite in the right-hand column of figures from its meridian passage. For the setting of a star, add the same number to its meridian passage. Those marked (....) revolve in a circle of perpetual apparition, and do not rise nor set north of the latitude of New York (40° 42′ 40′′), for which latitude the semi-diurnal arcs are calculated. The civil day begins at midnight, and consequently 24 hours after midnight, or 12 hours from noon, is morning of the succeeding day; and more than 24 hours from noon, is evening of the next day. From 12h. to 24h, from midnight, or from Oh. to 12h. from noon, will be in the afternoon of the same day. This table is arranged in the order of culmination. Surveyors and Civil Engineers may obtain the declination of the magnetic needle by observations on the Pole Star when upon the meridian, or when at the greatest elongation east or west. POLARIS and other stars pass the lower meridian 11h. 58m. after their upper transit. To the time of upper transit of Polaris, add 5h. 54m. and it gives the time of greatest western elongation. If the 5h. 54m. be subtracted from the time of upper transit, it will give the time of greatest eastern elongation. Observations made at the time of greatest elongation are less liable to error than those made at the time of transit. The mean distance of Polaris from the pole this year is 1° 22′ 23.37". To find its azimuth for any latitude, take from 18.3795564 the logarithmic cosine of the latitude, and the remainder is the logarithmic sine of the azimuth. D. Apogee.... 22 9 7 On Rises 19 1 27 14 4 51 826 7 16 9 18 6 6 7 23 6 11 7 28 6 57 10 11 5 30 7 50 6 20 5 58 5 55 5 52 3 37 6 25 5 0 4 7 8 10 6 18 7 50 2 58 5 31 6 43 y Leonis (Al Gieba). } NAME OF STAR. y Ursa Majoris (Phad). e Ursa Majoris (Alioth). a Virginis (Spica). n Ursa Majoris.. a Bootis (Arcturus).. B Libræ . a Coronæ Borealis.. a Serpentis B Scorpii a Scorpii (Antares). a Herculis a Ophiuchi.. B Draconis.. RELATIVE PLACES OF THE MOON. MOON. Jan. Feb. March April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. D. 19 D. · D. 6 D. 12 24 11 17 6 4 31 27 25 y Draconis.. a Lyræ (Vega).. ß Lyræ a Aquila (Altair). a Cygni (Deneb). a Cephei B Aquarii. Pointers.. a Aquarii.. a Pis. Aus. (Fomalhaut). B Pegasi (Scheat). a Pegasi (Markab). D. 21 On Rises Meridian and Sets H. M. 10 11 10 51 10 54 11 40 11 45 12 25 12 46 13 16 15 7 15 27 15 35 15 55 16 19 17 6 17 26 17 25 17 51 18 29 18 42 19 41 20 34 21 12 21 21 21 55 22 47 22 54 22 54 23 56 Nov. D. 21 6 18 5 NOTE. The tides may be expected highest when the Moon is in perigee, and lowest at apogee, The duration of moonlight will be greatest when the Moon is highest, and least when it is lowest. When the full Moon falls about the time of the "highest," the entire night will be lighted by the Moon. |