Prepared by Berlin H. Wright, Penn Yan, N. Y., and 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 8, 1907. Time of high water at Boston, January 8... Time of high water at Rockland, Me., January 8... 5 56 p. m. 0 26 5 30 p. m. Add 6 h. 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: Bath, Me.. 0 35 Block Island, R. I... 8 46 -10 17 1 2 Dover, Del. Eastport, Me.. Newport, R. I. Bristol, R. I...... Pawtuxet, R. I.. Providence, R. I... 3 6 Balt., Fells Pt., Md. +1 49 340 Albany, 1. R., N. Y. +9 33 0 10 JEWISH CALENDAR. Year 5667-8. The year 5667 is the fifth of the 299th cycle of 19 years. Rosh-Chodesh.. Wednesday, Jan. 16 Rosh-Chodesh....Thurs., Fri., Feb. 14-15 33d day of Omer. Rosh-Chodesh.. .Tuesday, May 14 Rosh-Chodesh.....Sat., Sun., Aug. 10-11 5668-1908. First Day of New Year.. Monday, Sept. 9 Sh'mini-Atseres. First Day of Chanukah..Sunday, Dec. 1 Rosh-Chodesh. Fast of Tebet.. Friday, Dec. 6 ..Sunday, Dec. 15 TIME CALCULATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS. as An 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 follows: o 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; 2, Jupiter; h. Saturn; 8, Uranus;, Moon lowest; Moon highest;, Moon generally; . Ascending Node; , Descending Node. Per. Perhelion, or nearest to Sun; opposed to Planets. STANDARD TIME TABLE. To obtain standard time, add or subtract the figures given to local time. 5 Austin, Texas. Central Baltimore, Md. Eastern |++++|++|+1|1+11 +|++ || ++|++|++ | |+|| +++|++] +31 Louisville, Ky. 6 Lynchburg, Va. Central 4 Memphis, Tenn. +43 Milwaukee, Wis. Central 16 Mobile, Ala... Central 16 Montgomery, Ala. Central 5 Norfolk, Va.. Nashville, Tenn.. 3 New Haven, Conn. 20 New Orleans, La.. 10 New York, N. Y 22 Central Central Eastern Eastern + 1 + 11111 |+++|++||+++++++|+|+++++||++++++ 9 -18 + 17 20 19 -14 6 +15 +10 11 3 10 23 13 29 23 TIME STANDARDS. The following is the table of times, based upon the meridian used by the United States and Canada: It is obvious that to express the time of rising and setting of the Sun and Moon in standard time would limit the usefulness of such data to the single point or place for which it was computed, while in the mean time it is practically correct for places as widely separated as the width of the continent, as already explained, and persons for which it was computed, while in the mean time it is practically correct for places making use of the table on page 4. EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR PAGES. All the calculations in The Tribune Almanac are based upon mean or clock time unless otherwise stated. The Sun's rising and setting are for the upper limb, corrected for parallax and refraction. In the case of the Moon no correction is needed, as in the Sun, for "parallax and refraction"; with her they are of an opposite nature and just balance each other. The figures given, therefore, are for the Moon's centre on a true horizon, such as the ocean or a large plain affords. 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 6n, 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 uniterm, 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 sun rise July 1 at Penn Yann, 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 suflcient 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. This will give 8m. to be added, or 4:34. CHINESE CALENDAR. The year 1907 corresponds nearly to the year 4604 of the Chinese era, and is the 44th of the 76th cycle of 60 years. THE SUN'S COURSE THROUGH THE ZODIAC AND THE SEASONS. I Dec. ('08) 22 0 37 p.m. Winter begins, and lasts 89 0 40 S. of Equator. Jan'y (07) 20 11 14 p.m. 1 42 p.m. 21 March April May June Summer begins, and lasts 93 14 35 N. of Equator. 。 1 17 p.m. Spring begins, and lasts 92 20 10 N. of Equator. 21 1 0a.m. Autumn begins, and lasts 89 18 34 S. of Equator. 6 36 p.m. Winter begins Time north of the Equator, 186d. 10h. 45m. 7d. 15h. 31m. longer north of the Equator than south of it, This is due to the slower motion of the Earth (Sun's apparent motion) while in that portion of its orbit most distant from the Sun (aphelion). Hence in the summer months we are further from the Sun than in the winter time. MORNING STARS-WEST OF SUN. INFERIOR PLANETS. Mercury (9), until February 2, March 13 to May 24, July 24 to September 6, and after November 14. Venus (9), until September 14. The planet Venus will present the various phases, as shown on page 7, as follows: A-Fifteen days after superior conjunction, or September 29. B-At greatest elongation west, February 8. C-When brightest as a morning star, January 4. D-Just after inferior conjunction, or July 10, 1908. E-Fifteen days before superior conjunction, August 31. F-At greatest elongation east, April 23. 1998. G-When brightest as an evening star, May 29, 1908. |