Dec.

h. m. 10 50m

O

9 57

2 30 10 1

Days of Month. JRTUKO+0 +0

Passage of the Meridian (mean time) and Declination of the Planets.

1st day. souths.

h. m.
O I
8 3 10 34m- 8 4 10 35m-10 23 10 43m-13 34 10 55m

25th day.

h. m.

0 1

h. m.

souths. h. m.

5 21

rises.

rises.

rises.

rises. h. m.

rises. h. m.

6 21a 6 27a All Saints.

1 6 52m 6 ŋm * 1 22 N. 2 2 4a stationary.

9 7a 9 14a 22d Sunday after Trinity.

S. 9 24m 3 14m 3 14m 3 14m 3 13m 3 16m 23d Sunday after Trinity.

4 11 10 11 58agr. Hel. Lat. N. sets. 11 10 4a 9 gr. Hel. Lat. N.

1 20
2 19

3 11a3 55 2 54a+3 23

4 14 -29 0 4 0 -28 473 44 -28 34

2 38a2 54 2 22a + 2 29|

5 10
1 48

-28 1

7 9m4 53

7 50a -150

7 29m

1 45

8 14a

+8 29

044 N.

5 10 N.

0 27m 0 28m 0 31m 0 36m 0 39m 25 6 35m 6h

1 29m 1 31m 1 31m 1 33m 1 36m 25th Sunday after Trinity.

3 38 26 6 25a rises. rises. rises. rises. rises.

2 36 25 7 om stationary.

H

H3 43 N.

29 11 56 30 8

4 36a 4 41a 4 44a 4 56a
5 28 5 32 5 37 5 51

5 2a
5 58

St. Andrew.

Days of Month.

Days of Week.

Twilight begins and ends. Mean Time.

5 40m 6 18a

N. York, 5 27
Wash'n, 5 25
Charles., 5 17

6 11

5 33

6 11

5 37

6 11

7th day. 13th day. Begins. Ends. Begins. Ends. Begins. Ends. Begins. Enus. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. 5 35m 6 9a 5 43m 6 10a

19th day.

25th day.

h. m.

5 46m 6 14a

N. Orl's,

Washington,
&c.

Sun's upper limb rises and sets (cor. for refr.) M. Time. High Water. M. Time.

16 Su. 7 24 4 29 7 19 4 34 7 13 4 39 6 56 4 56 6 49 5 3

23 Su. 7 28 4 32 7 22 4 37 7 16 4 43 7 0 4 59 6 53 5 6

1S.

rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets.
h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m.
7 10 4 28 7 5 4 33 7 0 4 39 6 44 4 54

2 Su. 7 11 4 28 7 6 4 33 7 1 4 39 6 45 4 54

234 667

9 Su. 7 18 4 28 7 13 4 33 7 8 4 38 6 50 4 54 6 45 5 1

28 14 33

20 28 15 33

10 38 52

16 33 11 38 53

11 Tu.

12 W.

13 Th.

14 F.

39 46 54 40

0

0 52

11 19

9 39

39 47

54 41

1 39

...

10 30

38 47

54

42

230

0 10m 11 23

54

43

0

3 23

Passage of the Meridian (mean time) and Declination of the Planets.

1st day.

souths. Dec.

19th day.

13th day.
souths.
h. m.
h. m.
O I
11 40m-23 56 11 58m
-19 43 8 42

Dec. Souths. Dec.

O I -24 56

-21 14 8 50m-22 22

-26 20 11 46a26 30 11 13a +26 32

1 56m -21 22 7 20 - 5 23 1 19a1 32 -26 55 2 19 -26 29

7 2

5 41

1 3a+1 27

3 1 -27 42 2 47 -27 202 33

6 48m+4 38 6 26m+4 25 6 5m+ 4 14

5 43m+46 5 20m+4 c

5 52a -135

145 6 15a -141
+8 13 7 30 +8 11 7 6

+ 8 10

PHENOMENA AND OBSERVA-
TIONS.

Sundays and Holidays.

Washington Mean Time.

8 2a 1st Sunday in Advent.

rises.

rises.

h. m. h. m.

h. m.

h. m.

h. m.

rises. h. m.

d. h. m.

10 57m 6 25a

9 7

4 11 48m in 8.

6 30 N.

40 52a

* 0 4 S.

1 11 13 7 om

in 8.

...

5 4 28mh stationary.

0 3m 0 4m 0 7m 0 10m 0 14m 12 2 36a 6

87 23 1 6 1 8 1 8 1 10

S8 9m 2 9m 2 8m 2 8m 2 7m 2 7m 2d Sunday in Advent.

S. 6 57a 0 18m 0 19m 0 19m 0 21m 0 22m 4th Sunday in Advent.

H3 56 N.

ECLIPSES IN 1849.

In the year 1849, there will be four eclipses; two of the Sun, and two of the Moon. One of the lunar eclipses will be visible in the United States. I. Thursday, February 22d. An annular eclipse of the Sun, invisible in the United States.

Beginning of the general eclipse, 5h. 58.9m. A. [mean time at Washington Observatory], in latitude 12° 56' N. and longitude 108° 55′ E. of Greenwich.

Beginning of the central and annular eclipse, 7h. 16.4m. A., in latitude 32° 24′ N. and longitude 93° 35' E. of Greenwich.

Central eclipse at noon, 8h. 52.8m. A., in latitude 41° 22′ N. and longitude 153° 9' E. of Greenwich.

End of the central and annular eclipse, 9h. 42.7m. A., in latitude 62° 39′ N. and longitude 148° 55′ W. of Greenwich.

End of the general eclipse, 11h. 0.2m. A., in latitude 43° 50′ N. and longitude 158° 16' W. of Greenwich.

The central line passes over the points on the earth's surface, whose positions are

This eclipse will be visible in most of the western portions of Asia, and in the northwestern part of North America.

II. Thursday, March 8th. A partial eclipse of the Moon, visible throughout the United States as follows:

Place.

Albany,

Begin- Middle End ning of of

Eclipse Eclipse. Eclipse.

h. m. h. m.
9 30.4

h. m.
6 30.28 0.3
35.1 5.2
29.0 7 59.1

7.6 37.7

45.9 8 16.0

Columbus,

35.3 Concord, N. H.
29.2 Detroit,

41.8

57.7

7.8 Dover, Del.

46.1 Dover, N. H.

28.9 Eastport,

57.5

Bangor,

50.1 8 20.2

50.3 Frankfort,

invis.

Boston,

40.1 Frederickton, N. B. 6 58.2

27.6 7 16.6 8 28.3

8 46.7

9 58.4

Brunswick,

45.7 Halifax, N. S.

Buffalo,

9.5 7 39.6

9.7 Harrisburg,

Cambridge,

39.7 8 9.8

39.9 Hartford,

Charleston,

5.4 7 35.5

5.6 Havana,

40.9 10 11.0 9 18.1

7 10.8
6 17.9 7 48.0
34.5 8 4.5
5 55.7 7 25.8

5.3 8 35.4

Hayti,

47.6 Hudson, Ohio, 9 0.9 Indianapolis,

invis.

34.6

8 55.9

7 29.6
11.0

8 59.7

41.1

The phases of the eclipse for other places may easily be found by means

of the following table : —

The first contact with the shadow occurs at 144° from the north point of the Moon's limb towards the East; the last contact, at 109° towards the west.