Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Wed. Thurs. Fri. NOVEMBER. All Saints' Day; Lewis and Clarke expedition reached All Souls' Day; James K. Polk born (1795); North Da- The American Army disbanded (1783); Stephen F. Austin Thomas Johnson born (1732); Elias Boudinot born (1782); Washington Allston born (1779); Benjamin F. Butler Cornelius N. Felton born (1807). Election Day; Battle of Tippecanoe, Ohio (1811); Gen- Robert Dale Owen born (1800); Elijah P. Lovejoy born William N. Ellsworth born (1791); Robert Y. Hayne born Mayflower compact signed (1620); Cherry Valley, N. Y., Montreal captured by the American forces (1775); Eliza- John Dickinson born (1732); John A. Dahlgren born (1809); Joseph Hooker born (1814); Edwin Booth born (1833). Anson Burlingame born (1820); James B. McPherson born (1828). Richard Henry Dana born (1787); Thurlow Weed born (1797); James A. Bayard born (1799). Thurs. James McHenry born (1753); Charles Eliot Norton born (1827); Timothy Dwight born (1828); Oklahoma admitted (1907). Thomas Ruffin born (1787). Asa Gray born (1810); Franz Sigel born (1824). George R. Clark born (1752); James A. Garfield born (1831); Fitzhugh Lee born (1835). Philip J. Schuyler born (1733). Constitution ratified by North Carolina (1789); Congress met in Washington for the first time (1800). La Salle, French explorer, born (1643). Edward Rutledge born (1749); Franklin Pierce born South Carolina adopted nullification resolutions (1832); Noah Worcester born (1758); New York City evacuated Oliver Wolcott born (1726); Battle of Ringgold, Ga. (1863). George Ticknor Curtis born (1812). Wendell Phillips born (1811); Morrison R. Walte born DECEMBER. Francis Granger born (1792); William Mahone born (1826). Siege of Quebec began (1775); Washington's farewell to George G. Vest born (1830); John S. Mosby born (1833). Robert T. Paine, jr., born (1773). Indiana admitted (1816). John Jay born (1715); William L. Marcy born (1786); Constitution ratified by Pennsylvania (1787); Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. (1862). Phillips Brooks born (1835). George Washington died (1799); Joseph Lane born (1801); John F. Hartranft born (1830); Battle of Nashville, Nathaniel Macon born (1757): Joseph Henry born (1799); Constitution ratified by New Jersey (1787); George D. Edwin McM. Stanton born (1814). Washington, D. C., founded (1790); Samuel J. Kirkwood born (1813); South Carolina seceded (1860). St. Thomas; Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock James E. Oglethorpe born (1696); Levi Woodbury born Silas Deane born (1737): Benjamin Rush born (1745); Christmas Day; Battle of Trenton, N. J. (1776); Shay's St. Stephen; George Dewey born (1837). St. John the Evangelist; William W. Corcoran born Holy Innocents; Thomas Ewing born (1789); William E. Asa Parker born (1805); Andrew Johnson born (1808); American forces repulsed at Quebec, Montgomery killed The calculations in the astronomical tables which follow are made by Berlin H. Wright, De Land, Fla. TIDE TABLES. (From U. S. Coast Survey.) To find the time of high water for any place given in the table below apply the correction opposite the place to the times of high water for its respective port given for every day on the twelve calendar pages of this Almanac. Add the correction to time of high water when it is plus, and subtract it when it is minus. Example: To find time of high water at Rockland, Me., on January 26, 1911Time of high water at Boston, January 26.. Correction for Rockland, Me. (see below). 9 12 p. m. -0 26 p. m. 8 46 p. m. Time of high water at Rockland, Me., January 26.. Add 6 h. (or, more exactly, one-fourth of the daily difference between two successive tides at the desired date) to this for the succeeding low water or subtract same for preceding low water, and apply 12 h. in the same way for the other high water of the same date. Corrections to times of high water at Boston, for: Eastport, Me. Cor- Corrections to -0 35 Block Island, R. I. Bangor, Me. Bath, Me. Gardiner, Me. Augusta, Me. Portland, Me. Portsmouth, N. H.. Isles of ShoaiL.,N.H.j Newburyport, Mass Gloucester, Mass. Salem, Mass.. Nahant, Mass.. +1 12 City I., L. I. S.. N.Y Corrections to tion. -846 -10 17 8 1 -746 6 15 6 7 2.59 +0 28 + 0 5 +0 13 + 0 55 +1 4 +911 +9 25 + 1 22 +57 0 11 +0 18 + 4 59 -356 CorCorrec- times of high water rection. at Charleston for: -12 Dover, Del. +0 49 Sea Breeze, N. J.... +1 New Castle, Del.... +1 47 Wilmington, Del.. +5 1Gray's F.. S. R., Pa. +6 58 Phil., Wash ave.. +2 23 Trenton, N. J. +3 5 Rehoboth, Del.. +3 4 Ocean City, Md. +3 7 Cape Chas. L., Va.. +3 21 Old Point Com., Va. +3 40 Newport News. Va.. +8 2 Peaersburg, Va.. +150 Richmond, Va. +1 37 Yorktown, Va.. +1 23 Pt. L. P. R., Md.. +0 40 Alexandria, P. R., Va +0 20 Wash, N. Y., D. C.. +2 6 Crisfield, C. B., Md. +2 21 Cambridge, C.B..Md. +0 56 Oxford, Md.. +3 7 Annapolis, Mỏ.... +3 6 Balt., Fells Pt., Md. Wellfleet, C.C., Mass.-0 i1 Oyster B..L.I.S..N. Y. +3 6 Elkton, Md..... Provincetown, Mass. -01Nthpt. H..L.I.S..N.Y +3 5 Pt. Dep., S. R., Md. Siasconset, Nant'k I +0 1Trum. B., L.1.S., N. Y{ +2 11 Virginia Beach, Va. Nantucket H., Mass. +0 55 Sag Har., L.I.S., N. Y. +2 19] Hatteras Inlet, N.C. Edgartown, Mass.... +0 44 Montauk Pt. L..N.Y. -01 Cape Lookout, N. C. No Mans L'd I., Mass -4 6 Bellport, N. Y.. +2 39 Beaufort, N. C... Viney'd Hav'n, Mass +0 11 Fire Isl'd Inlet, N. Y. +0 56 Carolina Beach, N.C.) Falmouth, Mass..... -18 Rockaway Inlet, N. Y.-0 35 Wilmington, N. C... Tarpaulin Cove, Mass-3 41 Coney Island, N. Y.-0 42 B'nerman's B., N.C. Cuttyhunk L., Mass.) 4 1 Tottenville, S.I.,N. Y.-0 21 White Hall, N. C... Woods Hole, Mass.. -2 55 Fort Tom., S.I., N. Y.-0 23 Georgetown, S. C... Bird Island L., Mass -3 43 Ossining. H.R., N.Y. New Bedford, Mass. ---3 40 Albany H. R., N. Y. Newport, R. I. --3 48| Eliz’port, N. B, N.J. Bristol, R. I.... -3 34 Long Branch, N, J. Pawtuxet, R. I.. -3 21 Atlantic City, N. J.. Providence, R. I. -3 23 Cape May City, NJ. Boston Light, Mass. +1 49 Bluff Pt.. W R., S.C. -0 28 Warsaw Sound, Ga.. -323 -238 -050 + 210 + 2 41 0 0 0 47 -15 -012 0 14 +1 47 -4 1 - 3.58 +1 16 + 021 +086 + 0 49 + 0 53 +04 +0 23 TIME CALCULATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF SIGNS AND ABBREVIA. TIONS. All the calculations except the Moon's Phases, Tides and seasons are in mean local time. (See table for its conversion into Standard Time.) The Sun's rising and setting is for the upper limb and corrected for refraction. The signs used are as follows: conjunction or near approach, at which time a line from the North Star through one will also pass through the other; 8. opposition or 180° from the Sun, at which time the Superior Planets are the brightest; . quadrature or 90° from the Sun: Sun; . Earth; Mercury; 9, Venus; . Mars; 4. Jupiter; h. Saturn; Uranus; W, Neptune; 3, Moon generally; Ascending Node; U, Descending Node. Per.-Perthellon, or nearest to Sun; applied to Planets. Month. Day of Year. Day of Week... Day of DECEMBER. 33 Wed. 347 13 348 14 15 Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 19 Tues. 21 Thurs. 22 Fri. 23 Sat. 24 Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. 25 Francis Granger born (1792); William Mahone born (1826). Siege of Quebec began (1775); Washington's farewell to George G. Vest born (1830): John S. Mosby born (1833). Robert T. Paine, jr., born (1773). Indiana admitted (1816). John Jay born (1715); William L. Marcy born (1786); Constitution ratified by Pennsylvania (1787); Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. (1862). Phillips Brooks born (1835). George Washington died (1799); Joseph Lane born (1801); John F. Hartranft born (1830); Battle of Nashville, Nathaniel Macon born (1757): Joseph Henry born (1799); Constitution ratified by New Jersey (1787); George D. Edwin McM. Stanton born (1814). Washington, D. C., founded (1790); Samuel J. Kirkwood born (1813); South Carolina seceded (1860). St. Thomas; Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock (1620); Virginia resolutions passed defending state's rights (1798): Savannah occupied (1864). James E. Oglethorpe born (1696); Levi Woodbury born (1789); Matthew H. Carpenter born (1824). Thomas McDonough born (1783); Washington resigned Silas Deane born (1737): Benjamin Rush born (1745); Christmas Day; Battle of Trenton, N. J. (1776); Shay's St. Stephen; George Dewey born (1837). St. John the Evangelist; William W. Corcoran born Thurs. Holy Innocents; Thomas Ewing born (1789); William E. Fri. 30 Sat. 31 Sun. Asa Parker born (1805); Andrew Johnson born (1808); American forces repulsed at Quebec, Montgomery killed The calculations in each of the geographical divisions of each calendar page will apply with sufficient accuracy to all places in the contiguous North American zones indicated by the headings of the divisions. This statement is based on the fact that in the same latitude, or in the same line running due east and west, the Sun and Moon rise and set at almost the same moment of local or mean time, the difference in extremes being so slight as to be of no importance for ordinary purposes, except in the case of the Moon's rising, southing and setting, when 6m. for Pacific Coast points and 3m. for Mississippi River Valley region, including Chicago, etc., must be added, or 2m. for each hour of longitude. The heavy dotted lines show the arbitrary divisions of time in the United States. The plus and minus marks on either side of the meridian lines show whether it is necessary to add to or subtract from the standard time of points east or west of these lines to arrive at actual, or mean local, time. See table on page 4. Standard Time. For the convenience of the railroads and business in general a standard of time was established by mutual agreement in 1883, and it is by this method of calculation that trains are now run and local time is regulated. In accordance with this system the United States extending from 65° to 125 west longitude is divided into four time sections, as shown on the map. Inside of each of these sections standard time is uniform, and the time of each section differs from that next to it by exactly one hour. If the standard time correction for any place not enumerated in the table be desired proceed as follows: Locate the place, as any one can approximately on this map, and then subdivide the hour space in which the place is until the distance in time (60m. one space) from that meridian within whose bounds the place is located is apparent. Then add or subtract the result to mean time as the sign at the top of the map indicates. Example: What will be the standard time of sunrise July 1 at Penn Yan, N. Y.? The map does not give the lines of latitude and longitude, but most people can locate their own place in its respective State on the map with sufficient correctness. By this means I locate Penn Yan at about one-eighth of the distance between the 75th and 90th meridians and within the Eastern time zone. will give 8m. to be added, or 4 84. ERAS OF TIME. The Gregorian year 1911 corresponds to the following eras: year 1330 begins December 22, 1911. The year A. M. 8020 of the Greek Church, beginning January 14 (N. S.). This The The year 5771-72 (nearly) of the Jewish era, beginning September 23, or at sunset September 22. The year 2571 (nearly) of the Japanese era, beginning January 30. The year 6624 of the Julian Period. The year 2223 of the Grecian era. The 1st day of January is the 2,419,038th day since the beginning of the Julian Period. |