THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1847, Being the latter part of the 71st, and the beginning of the 72d year of the Independence of the United States of America; 66 66 66 the 6560th year of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 5607th, and the beginning of the 5608th year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2600th year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome; the 2594th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday, the 26th of February of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year, before the birth of Christ; 66 the 2623d year of the Olympiads, or the third year of the 656th Olympiad, beginning in July, 1847, if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 775 years, before Christ, or at or about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 1263d, and the beginning of the 1264th year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet, which, as is generally supposed took place on the 16th of July, in the year 622 of the Christian era. 6 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition, or differing 180° in The ascending, U the descending node. 66 The sign is prefixed to the latitude, or declination, of the Sun, or other when south; but the former pre heavenly body, when north, and the sign fixed to the hourly motion of the Moon in latitude, indicates that she is approaching, and the latter that she is receding from, the north pole of the ecliptic. The letters M. A., m. a., denote Morning and Afternoon. "north of Equator, (Spring and Summer). "south of 66 89 17 42 27 186 10 49 13 (Winter and Autumn).. 178 19 3 3 Length of the tropical year, commencing at the winter solstice, 1846, and terminating at 365 5 52 16 the winter solstice, 1847, Mean, or average length of the tropical year, 365 5 48 48 89 1 20 36 92 20 45 3 93 14 4 10 [The anniversaries marked with an asterisk (*) are to be strictly observed.] 16th, *Second Feast, or Morrow of the Passover, Apr. 2, Ab begins,.. 66 9th, *Fast for the burning of the Temple, "Elul begins,⚫ 5608 Tisri begins, *Feast for the New Year, 2d, *Second Feast for the New Year,· 15th, *Feast of the Huts or Tabernacles, Sept. 11, Sept. 12, Sept. 13, 10th, *Fast of the Reconciliation or Atonement, Sept. 20, July 14, July 22, Aug. 13, ນະ ະ ະ ະ ະ ະ ະ |