| 单词 | almanac |
| 例句 | Cora spent most of the day in her bedroom with the latest almanac Royal had given her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I watched him snort and stamp around the room like an angry bull for a full two minutes before I remembered: I had borrowed the almanac myself!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Nat checked the stars in the almanac and made his computations. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Cora had gleaned what she could from the yellowed pamphlets, she started on the old almanacs, with their projections and ruminations about the tides and stars, and bits of obscure commentary. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They used a few basic instruments, some almanacs, and math. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then, by referring to the almanacs and making some calculations, he can determine how far north or south he is: that is his latitude. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “The goddess guided us to your almanac in Bologna,” Frank said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There were racks of almanacs, nature books, world records books, old encyclopedias, and dictionaries. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z She claimed each circuit through Donald’s almanacs as a victory, then returned to the first page for another round. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I expect you have got wind of this almanac business?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In 1576, a few years before Bruno’s Oxford lecture, Digges had published a sixth edition of his father Leonard’s perpetual almanac, A Prognostication Everlasting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then he peeled back the comforter and crawled into Miranda’s bed with the almanac. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The next morning Cora asked for the almanacs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At last the man looked up from the almanac. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If most almanacs were designed to last only for a year, even a perpetual almanac would soon become grubby and dog-eared. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Instead he pulled out a paperback world almanac from his knapsack and asked her to quiz him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Rohin was holding his almanac in his hands, muttering something under his breath. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z One day she might use the almanac’s instructions, at least. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She tracked the regulars on their daily transits through the park, assembling notes and speculations like the compilers of her almanacs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A strange voice said, “Pardon me—may I see your almanac?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the mountains,” she said, after an article in one of the dusty almanacs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His pale hands shook, and the almanac he held looked like a puppet dancing without strings. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There was a man named Benjamin Banneker who composed almanacs—almanacs! she devoured them all—and served as a confidant to Thomas Jefferson, who composed the Declaration. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Nat handed his almanac to the stranger, and turned back to Ben. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin’s father had needed the almanacs to plan for the full moon—the books held prayers for runaways. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He’d consult some almanacs, which usually disagreed, and he’d ask certain farmers who were supposed to be good judges of weather when they thought the snow would come. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nat checked his nautical almanac closely, hunting for the first night the moon promised to be in a good position for a lunar. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Or if nobody was watching me, I’d sneak up into the loft and look at the old almanacs Sam brought back from college sometimes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sixteen the summer he figured how to make an almanac. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Once my aunt found a freckle on her chin, at a spot that the almanac said predestined her for unhappiness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They were obsolete, last year’s weather, but Cora adored the old almanacs for containing the entire world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Like Old Charlie Valentine, Finn wished he could turn back the days as easily as a farmer turning a page in an almanac. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He was summoned to Graz, in Austria, to teach secondary school mathematics, and began a little later to prepare astronomical and meteorological almanacs and to cast horoscopes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The almanac had a strange, soapy smell and made a cracking noise like fire as she turned the pages. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But the weather judges didn’t agree any more than the almanacs did, so in the end Father would go out and frown at the sky a dozen times a day, and then make a guess. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She broke down at the sight of next year’s almanac. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But she opened an almanac where the spine broke and in compromise with herself used the same cadences she used for the Bible. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z No matter where on the globe the observer is, an accurate measurement of that star’s height, or altitude, and the use of proper almanacs or tables will provide latitude. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “But—” “I can’t believe they think that,” he said as he walked to the bookshelf and pulled down the almanac. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z This missing almanac business was not nearly as interesting as highwaymen would have been, but at least now it was all settled. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Unsavory sorts murmured indelicacies at cutlet stands; grandmothers consulted almanacs to determine a propitious hour for the betrothal. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z You will recall that she had expected she might be scolded for entering Lord Fredrick’s study and perhaps falsely accused of taking the almanac. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She leaned toward him, close enough to see some white powder from the rice cakes stuck to the comers of his mouth, and picked up the almanac. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The overseas calls were killing me, so I invested in an atlas and a shelfful of almanacs and reference books. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The almanac promises periods of mildness through the winter, not such a risky outlook in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gardeners: November is a vital time for a successful spring bloom 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z He enclosed the almanac in a letter to Jefferson, writing, “I apprehend you will embrace every opportunity, to eradicate that train of absurd and false ideas and opinions.” A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Weber has also been a prolific producer of books, including “All-American,” an annual almanac of the esoterica that he encounters in his travels. 2010-01-15T14:22:00Z And ghoulish readers could order almanacs with tales of murder, suicide, fires and shipwrecks. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z The historical society, which has been collecting almanacs since it was founded in 1804, sometimes owns the sole existing copies of certain volumes in a publisher’s series. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z They were producing an almanac of Groups without normal Subgroups. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z Readers who comment say the almanac has inspired them and their children. Meet the writer behind the Children's Book-a-Day Almanac 2012-03-31T05:43:34Z After helping to survey the District of Columbia, Banneker compiled his first almanac, replacing Wheatley’s “Poems” as abolitionists’ finest showpiece of black capability. A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z James was a part-time security guard who in 1977 started self-publishing a statistical baseball almanac whose influence eventually spread to every professional sports league. A Numbers-Cruncher Confronts Emotion and Other Unquantifiable Matters 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z But paging through the almanac in 2020 has proved to be surprisingly soothing. Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z There are religious books and history books; almanacs and devotionals; picture books and novels and poetry; printed books and handmade manuscripts; collections of Shakespeare and books about the alphabet. Behold, the Tiniest of Books 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Historians believe an almanac may have come off the press before the Bay Psalm Book. Hymnal that dates to 1640 could fetch $30M 2013-04-12T13:28:13Z They must offer something more than simple information, which makes me think about the Old Farmer’s Almanac — the nation’s longest-running almanac. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But it's important to her to have the time to edit her almanac entries. Meet the writer behind the Children's Book-a-Day Almanac 2012-03-31T05:43:34Z Yet in the almanacs, the routine daily weather predictions were practically afterthoughts; essays, data charts, cartoons and advertisements dominated the pages. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z I can take or leave the first two, but trust me: You could use an almanac right now yourself. Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z With its mathematical-looking tables, the almanac conjures the passage of ancient Greek texts to Europe through the Arabic translations that saved them for the Renaissance, and probably has some of that in its history. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It is a complete makeover, a revitalized almanac of wine in a dynamic era. The wine world keeps changing. This essential reference book shows how. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The almanac taught people about being modest and living off the land. How to Describe America’s Character Through Its Favorite How-To Books 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It’s the name of a popular illuminated manuscript of the Middle Ages: a liturgical almanac that contains all manner of devotional scripts for the faithful to follow. | A Poet’s Ode to His Late Father 2014-03-03T18:54:15Z Montana almanacs advertise refined saloons “in metropolitan style,” and New Hampshire books trumpet some newly invented “double coiled metallic telephones.” Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z The society is nearly finished with a two-year effort to catalog its 5,700 American almanacs, one of the nation’s most comprehensive collections. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z I grew up during the last gasp of the print almanac. Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Her other interests include Colonial-period almanacs and contested contemporary frontiers, such as the ones between the United States and Mexico, and Israeli and Palestinian territory. In the galleries: Deeply in the present but beholden to the past 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Yet this time each year almanacs still come out, and we still buy them. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z In choosing books, authors and illustrators to spotlight, Silvey notes that she focuses on books for children through age 14, although she doesn't rule out doing a separate almanac on young-adult books. Meet the writer behind the Children's Book-a-Day Almanac 2012-03-31T05:43:34Z Which is to say that the modern almanac is meant to be both useful and a comfort — and like a lot of comforts, it’s escapist. Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z As astronomical observation improved by the late 18th century, nautical almanac tables became extremely precise, vital to navigation. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z At one point on the fourth voyage, Columbus was able to cow some hostile Taino people by prophesying — courtesy of an almanac — an awe-inspiring lunar eclipse. Review | The story of Christopher Columbus’s son, the ultimate completist 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z "I'm a big reader of almanacs, or I was, and I like lists and things like that - boy do I sound OCD," he said backstage. Split personality for Emmy Awards 2010-08-30T13:39:00Z Well, one almanac did predict the Fire of London but, we heard, "people thought he'd actually started the fire to substantiate his prediction". Radio review: Almanacs ? The Oldest Guide to Everything 2010-07-23T05:45:00Z But Mark Dimunation, chief of rare books and special collections at the Library of Congress, says the almanac was more of a pamphlet or a broadsheet rather than a book. Hymnal that dates to 1640 could fetch $30M 2013-04-12T13:28:13Z Describing a metal cabinet used to house a collection of old almanacs and diaries, Schott dismissively observed it was something you might expect to see "in a municipal factory somewhere in Swindon". Radio review: Almanacs ? The Oldest Guide to Everything 2010-07-23T05:45:00Z Three literary stocking stuffers, the first a 465-word “novel” enhanced with charming pen-and-ink silhouette illustrations; the second a great writer’s thoughts on alcohol, coffee and tobacco; the third an almanac of sharp observation and humor. Review | Forget trendy bestsellers: This best books list takes you off the beaten track 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Each almanac also had an editorial viewpoint and mood, depending on the publisher’s personality and local market trends. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z The Old Farmer’s Almanac has always been our cutest almanac, with a broad wink and a game of let’s pretend served up with information. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But if I sit down with you and go to the almanac, we’ll find something. Al Pacino on ‘The Godfather’: ‘It’s Taken Me a Lifetime to Accept It and Move On’ 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z The almanac features a wide range of books, including picture books, early readers, novels and nonfiction. Meet the writer behind the Children's Book-a-Day Almanac 2012-03-31T05:43:34Z An 1809 almanac for New Orleans offers advice on dealing with hailstorms and vast swarms of insects. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z His books since include a trivia almanac, a debunking of myths passed down to children, and a book about how comedy has come to dominate culture. James Holzhauer Is Dominating ‘Jeopardy!’ But What’s Life Like After the Show? 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z When it comes to almanacs, I know I’m projecting a bit. Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z But the modern almanac is at least built on the notion that there’s a set of agreed-upon common information we can all find meaningful. Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z About 30 highlights from the almanac collection will be on view through Friday in the society’s reading room. Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z A 1713 almanac from Rhode Island provides puzzling weather predictions like “suspicious.” Antiques: A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood 2013-07-25T18:56:22Z He noted its function as the world’s first resource when looking into factual topics and admitted that it had replaced the almanacs he once bought every year. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Some was advice for the bedroom, with a female almanac writer suggesting that "a lusty, squab fat bedfellow is very good physic in this season". Radio review: Almanacs ? The Oldest Guide to Everything 2010-07-23T05:45:00Z Before they became desk encyclopedias, almanacs had a simple job. Review | Outhouses are gone, but ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ is still here. Why? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Do the almanacs perform better than weather companies and agencies that provide nationwide forecasts that are built on the latest atmospheric science and supercomputer models? Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z It’s a lot easier to type “when is the next full moon” into Google than to whip out a dusty almanac or follow Instagram influencers that make learning about your natal chart fun. Corn, strawberry, sturgeon? Why are we suddenly obsessed with the names of full moons? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Astrology endured only in the publication of monthly or annual almanacs. What is Mercury retrograde? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The oldest southern resident, a female known as L25, is estimated to have been born in 1928 — her body a living almanac of nearly a century of humanity’s runoff. Starving orcas and the fate of Alaska’s disappearing king salmon 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The almanac estimates that the moon will appear 7% bigger than “normal” full moons. Fireworks and lunar glow: Supermoon to make appearance for Fourth of July 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z And why do people trust the almanacs so deeply? Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Find the online version of the almanac — which was founded in 1792 — at Almanac.com. DeSantis draws the line on U.S.-Mexico border security 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Farmers also once relied upon these sayings, some of which were printed in almanacs. Before Smartphones and the National Weather Service, There Was Grandma’s Knee 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z It was July 14, and the almanac would later peg the high at 100 degrees. L.A.’s sushi revolution was fueled by this secret ingredient from the Central Valley 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Those who need some calming reading at this point in time should consider The Old Farmer’s Almanac — which informs the Beltway that the brand new 2023 almanacs are “shipping now.” Kat Timpf’s new book a best-seller 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Among farmers, the almanacs are highly valued and respected because of their long history, says Steve Hu, an agricultural climatologist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z In some regards, AP’s fictional documents tread similar ground as John Hodgman’s three books of fake facts, which he bills as “an almanac of complete world knowledge.” Review | Alexandra Petri saves U.S. history as only she can: By making it silly 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Farmers' almanacs suggest a stormy and turbulent start to March means it's likely to end calm and serene - and so it appears with world financial markets this year. Morning Bid: World markets leaving March like a lamb 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z For those who want to ponder the arrival of spring and summer, here’s “The Old Farmer’s Almanac, a Gardening Guide 2023” — an annual offering from the grand old almanac that was founded in 1792. Is Biden too old for second term? Most Americans say ‘yes’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Dr. Pasachoff studied weather almanacs to find the site least likely to be obscured by a freakish storm or morning mist. Jay Pasachoff, Who Pursued Eclipses Across the Globe, Dies at 79 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Both almanacs claim authority from the long heritage of the formulas they use. Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z As the latest editions of farmers’ almanacs are shipped to checkout lines across the country, their makers send word to the media about their weather predictions for the next year or so. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z In addition to current publications, almanacs from recent years or from many years ago provide information about the times in which they were written. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z To make the decoy meals, tightly roll a tender inner leaf of green cabbage around a chopstick or bamboo skewer, the almanac suggests. How to keep bunnies out of your veggie garden 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Shetland comedian Marjolein Robertson has also received funding to write an almanac in the Shetland dialect. George Orwell's Animal Farm to be translated into Scots 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Although neither almanac will share the details of its formula, both are open about what goes into their predictions. Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Which is why I’ve come to think that, for the good of the nation, the farmer’s almanac could use a reboot. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The changes, reported by AFP, were made in coordination with the French Ministry of Culture and published in the government’s official legal almanac, the Journal officiel. France’s linguistic watchdog issues edict: it’s not esports, it’s "jeu video de competition" 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z “They will concentrate on the easy meal, and hopefully leave your plantings alone because trying to defeat your fence would require too much effort,” the almanac said. How to keep bunnies out of your veggie garden 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z But the annual almanac published by the Air Force Association for many years listed the winner of the 1949 competition as “unknown,” he said. Memorial Day Parade returns to D.C. with ‘Top Gun’ Tuskegee Airman 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z And although this almanac doesn’t cite the moon’s influence on weather, it does rely on solar activity, as well as climatology and meteorology. Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Instead, the almanac ought to be brought more in line with its original mission: to teach Americans how to live in this new place they invented. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Benjamin Banneker, a Maryland land surveyor, published an almanac based on his own astronomical calculations, and used it to rebuke Thomas Jefferson’s suggestions that Africans were inherently inferior to whites. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The material left for posterity in 1887 turned out to be mostly routine — a Bible, an almanac, a masonic trinket along with Confederate bank notes and a genealogy of the Lee family. Perspective | Time capsules are more popular than ever, as Americans take history into their own hands 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “They have a bit of flexibility,” said Rob Pyers, research director for the nonpartisan election almanac California Target Book. With California's congressional maps set, candidates swoop in 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z There are actually two competing almanacs: the Farmers’ Almanac and the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z So, the almanac included information on statehouse leaders, the mechanics of government, court schedules, religious dates, even a history of Jewish persecution. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The almanac was an annual calendar of planting directions and astrological data, but Franklin spiced it up with pungent sayings and proverbs that reflected the ambitions and mobility of the surrounding society. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In 18th-century America, there were two important books for a house to have: the Bible and an almanac. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z November ranks second in monthly performance, with the index rising 1.7% on average, and December third, with equities rising 1.5%, according to the almanac. Analysis-Buying the dip? Not so fast, some Wall St banks say 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z And unlike meteorologists, the almanacs are willing to stand by specific days-long predictions made some 18 months in advance. Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z But the almanac was generally intended to be an aspirational document, a unifying force for how citizens went about their business, tethered to American ideals. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z For fantasy players, stats geeks and analytics gurus, the almanac is a godsend, packed with all sorts of categories that break down the game the way teams compile game plans. Almanac has nearly 500 pages of analytics and analysis 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He published his almanac every year until 1797, and continued making personal calculations for several more years. Long Overlooked, Benjamin Banneker Is Recognized for Work on Cicadas and against Slavery 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z A walking musical almanac, he is also a perceptive analyst of pop trends. Ryan Tedder: Classic songs are strangling new music 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z But the distinction is perhaps becoming fuzzier as the almanacs face the rise of seasonal forecasts produced directly by weather forecasting companies and governmental agencies. Can You Trust Farmers’ Almanacs’ Weather Predictions? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z But getting upset at the almanac can be a little like protesting the fortune teller’s tent at the county fair. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z He did say he knew his reputation is badly tarnished, describing how he saw a picture of himself in a prison-library almanac related to his convictions. ‘I’m back’: Ex-con Blagojevich sues for right to run again 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z That is because the site is perhaps the most accessible and widely used baseball almanac, visited by fans, players and front office executives alike. Baseball Reference Adds Negro Leagues Statistics, Rewriting Its Record Book 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z He was found next to two almanacs from 1995 and 1996 on the wall in the apartment packed with clutter, the relative was also quoted as saying. Elderly Swedish woman accused of imprisoning son for decades 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The almanac anticipates the Southwest will be mild and dry this winter. Farmer’s Almanac predicts wet winter 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z The almanac envisions a world largely untroubled by current events. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “I was in that almanac for this,” Blagojevich said, gesturing to the courthouse. ‘I’m back’: Ex-con Blagojevich sues for right to run again 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The cantatas became for the composer an almanac of emotional responses to his time and place, the seasons of the year, the joys and sorrows of 18th century Leipzig life. Commentary: Bach wrote BWV 82 to transcend tragedy. It's a lullaby for our times too 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z In “On the Road,” his 1950s almanac of traversing the United States, Jack Kerouac described the dormitories as “the only community in America where whites and Negroes lived together voluntarily.” Coronavirus batters finances of African American healthcare centers in the Bay Area 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z By Little’s logic, the almanac should have plenty of believers throughout Idaho farming country in its recently released full 2020-2021 winter weather forecast, which calls for above-normal snowfall throughout Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Farmer’s Almanac predicts wet winter 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Beyond a few articles on its website, covid has been consistently outside the almanac’s commitment to “new, useful, and entertaining matter.” Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z What it does suggest is that truth, even in the modern world, is never just an almanac of facts. Perspective | The most electrifying thing that Edward Hopper ever painted was this woman’s hand 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z In too many spots, though, “The Seine” reads slightly more like an almanac than a love letter. Review | An American writer, seduced by the Seine 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The book is part legal textbook and part farmer’s almanac, sprinkled with observations from an octogenarian on the nature of life in an era of climate change and global trade. New Mexico farmer, writer starts a global garlic war 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The almanac’s longstanding prediction formula is a secret but is said to rely on factors including a mathematical and astronomical formula, sunspot activity, the tides and planetary alignment. Farmer’s Almanac predicts wet winter 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z But as the country evolved, so did the content; during the Revolutionary War, many almanacs promoted the patriot cause. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The almanac remains “the gold standard of accessible political information” and includes profiles of every governor and lawmaker, campaign finance data, analysis of voter turnout and registration data. Political clout, rural edition 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The managing editor noted the almanac’s success in predicting last year’s winter weather across the country, especially for those living in the North. Colder-than-usual winter predicted for D.C. region 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z In its “citizen almanac” for distribution to new Americans, the agency applauds the poem as a beacon for “the millions of immigrants who came to America in search of freedom and opportunity.” AP Analysis: Moving to make immigration whiter, wealthier 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The almanac made some bold predictions nationwide for the coming winter, including the possibility of a blizzard striking the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states during the second week of February. Farmer’s Almanac predicts wet winter 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z To be sure, the old-school farmer’s almanac promoted some shaky mythology early on as well. Perspective | Let’s turn the Farmer’s Almanac into something real — and useful 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z And you also need an almanac that can count. Liverpool v Norwich: Premier League – live! 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z A 1790 almanac said that the farms were used to grow corn, barley, potatoes, beans and peas, and that Washington was active in managing the properties. Historic mansion on land George Washington once owned is set to be demolished 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In speeches, she talked about her “3 A.M. agenda,” an insomniac’s almanac of money, health, and safety worries that she hoped Americans would find relevant. Kamala Harris Makes Her Case 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z One way to appreciate the magnitude of Ben Beach’s record streak of completing 51 consecutive Boston Marathons is to consult an almanac. As Ben Beach prepares for 52nd straight Boston Marathon, he sets sights on a bigger goal 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z The ubiquitous Sports Reference family of websites — Baseball-Reference.com, Basketball-Reference.com, Pro-Football-Reference.com, Hockey-Reference.com, and so on — are some of the most popular sports almanacs on the internet. From a Church in Philadelphia, Sports Reference Informs the World 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The planets conjunct Feb. 18, according to the Astronomical Phenomena almanac published by the observatory. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in February 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z And if achieving 10 hours between sunrise and sunset was not enough to show the gradual emergence from deepest winter, almanacs offered more. If you looked closely, you could see faint signs of spring on Friday 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z A separate lock of hair from Washington was uncovered last year tucked into a shabby almanac on the shelf of a college library in upstate New York. George Washington's 'illustrious' hair goes up for auction 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z At any given moment, you need an almanac to figure out who’s running the football operation. Baker Mayfield’s ascendance is making the Browns’ head coaching job an attractive one 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Narrative history is not just an almanac or a chronology of what happened in the past. Why most narrative history is wrong 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z It is the sort of sentence — a little gift box spring-loaded with information — that reminds me of the things I most loved to read as a child: almanacs, nature magazines, stout collections of outlandish facts. New Sentences: From Instagram’s ‘#Puffins’ Tag 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z In order to continue to receive food and hospitality from the locals, Columbus needed to do some persuading, and he turned to his astronomical almanac for help. Total lunar eclipse 2018: how to see the blood moon – and the science behind it 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “Flights”, really an almanac of stories, is thrillingly transnational. Olga Tokarczuk has finally found major recognition in English 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “Exchanging locks of hair were like the selfies of the day,” Myers said, adding that for its owner the book he found the hair in, an almanac, was “like his iPhone.” Finding a lock of George Washington’s hair, and a link to history 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z A researcher at the Schaffer Library in New York has discovered what is believed to be a lock of George Washington’s hair inside an 18th-century almanac. George Washington's hair found tucked in old book in New York library 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z In the latest find at Union College library in Schenectady, New York, the six-inch strands were tucked inside an envelope left inside a 1793 almanac. Long Before Trump, We Were Obsessed With Presidential Hair 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z The important part is that this old leather almanac that somehow ended up on a backroom shelf at Union College once belonged to a family that was friendly with the Washingtons. A college says it found an old clump of George Washington’s hair. Hooray! 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z He figured out it was an almanac, printed in New York and filled with information — like the fledgling nation’s senators and its president, listed as George Washington Esq. Finding a Lock of George Washington’s Hair, and a Link to American History 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Then, Myers found a slender envelope slipped into the almanac, its paper as brittle as the rest of the book’s pages. Finding a lock of George Washington’s hair, and a link to history 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Library archivists found the snippet in an old almanac that belonged to Philip J. Schuyler, whose father was one of the college’s founders in 1795. Washington snipped here? College says it found prez’s hair 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z When the last of his nine lives ran out he became the only animal to be given an obituary in the Wisden almanac. Whiskers in the workplace: More cats with careers 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The book, as you might expect from an almanac, is not exactly thrilling reading. A college says it found an old clump of George Washington’s hair. Hooray! 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z “Exchanging locks of hair were like the selfies of the day,” Mr. Myers said, adding that for its owner the book he found the hair in, an almanac, was “like his iPhone.” Finding a Lock of George Washington’s Hair, and a Link to American History 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z The Saigon Military Mission even hired a soothsayer to produce an almanac that predicted good fortune for the South and calamitous tidings for the North. An excerpt from 'Road Not Taken' 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Apart from the top-selling grammar manuals, there were medical and legal texts, single sheets on current affairs, almanacs, books on astrology, poetry, and songs in Europe’s vernacular languages. The Hunt for Centuries-Old Books Reveals the Power of the Printed Word 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The almanac’s prediction ahead of last season’s deluge? California Today: Handicapping the Rainy Season 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z “I’ve actually always loved the almanac and we’ve always had a copy around our farm and found it interesting, especially the stuff about the moon cycles,” she said. Almanac forecast: Hurricanes will favor Atlantic Seaboard 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Then, Mr. Myers found an envelope slipped into the almanac, its paper as brittle as the rest of the book’s pages. Finding a Lock of George Washington’s Hair, and a Link to American History 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z He retrieved even more arcane statistics from almanacs and meticulously kept official records that cluttered his apartment, some taped to the walls, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in a building aptly named Westwind. Stephen Fybish, Who Had Much to Say About the Weather, Dies at 80 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z “Every culture … pays attention to natural phenomena, and we refer to that as an almanac,” said Parrish. Citizen scientists track effects of climate change in the Northwest 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Victory in the world's most famous steeplechase was one for the almanac. One For Arthur wins the Grand National for Scotland, injured jockeys and 'golf widows' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It also produces garden guides, newsletters, cookbooks as well as a special almanac for children every two years. Almanac forecast: Hurricanes will favor Atlantic Seaboard 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The odds seemed pretty long from where I was standing, but then again, I reminded myself, the history of science was in many ways an almanac of highly unlikely victories. ‘Your animal life is over. Machine life has begun.’ The road to immortality 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z I became fascinated by almanacs, with their brief descriptions of countries: a snapshot of history, demographics, chief exports, climatic conditions. Mohsin Hamid on the dangers of nostalgia: we need to imagine a brighter future 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z The first record of a celebration of the birth of Jesus on Dec. 25 comes from a 4th-century edition of a Roman almanac known as the Philokalia. Five myths about the Nativity 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z But this book is not just an almanac of wacky facts. Florida Man Explains His State's Weirdness 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z Believed to be North America’s oldest continuously published periodical, the almanac is not to be confused with The Farmer’s Almanac based in Maine, which is in its 200th year and came out last month. Almanac forecast: Hurricanes will favor Atlantic Seaboard 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Modern scientists don’t put much stock in the almanacs’ unconventional weather formulas based on sunspots, tidal action, and other factors, but they are part of their tradition. Test of time: 2 almanacs celebrate milestone anniversaries 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Two longtime American almanacs full of wit, wisdom and weather are celebrating milestones. Excerpts from farmers’ almanacs celebrating wit and wisdom 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Scientists generally frown upon the forecasts, but both almanacs defend them. Test of time: 2 almanacs celebrate milestone anniversaries 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Early forecasters also observed plants and animals, consulted almanacs and invoked Lord Indra, the rain God of Hindus. India's colonial-era monsoon forecasting to get high-tech makeover 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z In the early days of the 20th century, LA and other cities in the Southland famously paid "rainmakers" — mostly con men with almanacs — for their feats of weather control. Cloud seeding returns to LA, but no one is sure if it works 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The Maine almanac had some forward-thinking advice for women in 1876, telling them to learn skills to avoid being dependent on finding a husband. Test of time: 2 almanacs celebrate milestone anniversaries 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Those measurements, the precise time they were taken, nautical almanacs, and a series of complex calculations, allow sailors to triangulate their location even when far out at sea. Why Naval Academy students are learning to sail by the stars for the first time in a decade 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z If the selling keeps up through the end of the month, the almanac suggests investors should sell stocks and wait for the inevitable further decline. For Stock Markets, January Is a Cloudy Crystal Ball 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z To leaf through the Pocket Chinese Almanac is to read a quaint-sounding daily diary — in advance, of course, because like many almanacs, the Pocket Chinese Almanac is about predictions. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Another treasure is a rare collection of Man Ray erotic photographs, with poems by Benjamin Péret, that was published in Brussels in 1929 in the form of a calendar or almanac, its pages still uncut. Lifting the Veil on the New York Public Library’s Erotica Collection 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Geiger said his almanac circulation is declining, but he’s getting more eyeballs online, thanks to a new generation of backyard farmers interested in locally sourced produce, meat and eggs. Test of time: 2 almanacs celebrate milestone anniversaries 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Celestial calculations were painfully difficult, requiring a nautical almanac and volumes of tables. Naval Academy reinstates celestial navigation 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Well, the almanac falls into the wrong hands, mayhem ensues, and "Back to the Future Part II" goes on to become the third-highest-grossing movie of 1989. Cubs' success is almost according to script—the one for 'Back to the Future Part II' 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Perhaps more important, they relied on the almanac to set their wedding date. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z He quickly made enemies with a young Franklin, who was also producing an almanac, and who happily ridiculed his rival, and jokingly predicted his death. The Jersey Devil: fact or fiction? Recent sighting reignites debate on famed myth 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z For more than 30 years, the almanac collected woolly bears and awarded prizes for the biggest and smallest. Almanac ends annual woolly bear caterpillar contest 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Dream-books and popular almanacs were bestsellers in 19th Century Britain, guiding people's understanding of their dream content and shaping their everyday behaviours. Viewpoint: Why don't people talk about their dreams? - BBC News 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z But the almanac didn’t nail it everywhere: out west, it was unusually warm, while the almanac projected cool temperatures. Boston beware: Farmer's Almanac predicts snowy 'winter deja vu' 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The publishers, who live on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, met him through the publisher of the Chinese-language almanac that inspired their 128-page reduction. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Last winter, the almanac's prediction of "shivery and shovelry" came true in New England, where Boston recorded more than 100 inches of snow — nearly 65 inches in February alone — and set a new snowfall record. Deja vu, discontent in Boston: Farmers' Almanac predicts frigid, snowy winter in Northeast 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Last winter, the almanac’s prediction of “shivery and shovelry” came true in New England, where Boston recorded more than 100 inches of snow - nearly 65 inches in February alone - and set a new snowfall record. Farmers’ Almanac predicts another nasty winter for Northeast 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Inside, banks of shelves are neatly lined with baseball encyclopedias and almanacs and fringed with vintage caps, baseball bats and miniature batting helmets. The Dominican Diamond Expert 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z “It’s not your grandparents’ almanac anymore,” Geiger said. Boston beware: Farmer's Almanac predicts snowy 'winter deja vu' 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The almanac says it will be a good day for rituals — voting — and for “breaking ground” and “raising beams,” signifying new beginnings. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z "It's not your grandparents' almanac, anymore," Geiger said. Deja vu, discontent in Boston: Farmers' Almanac predicts frigid, snowy winter in Northeast 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z But the almanac didn’t nail it everywhere: out West, it was unusually warm while the almanac projected cool temperatures. Farmers’ Almanac predicts another nasty winter for Northeast 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The theory here goes that Doc accidentally altered the space-time continuum, facilitating an alternate future in which Marty is killed in the tunnel while attempting to steal the sports almanac from Biff. 5 Fan Theories About 'Back to the Future' So Absurd They Might Be True 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Last winter, the almanac’s prediction of “shivery and shovelry” came true in New England, where Boston recorded more than 100 inches of snow – nearly 65 inches in February alone – and set a new snowfall record. Boston beware: Farmer's Almanac predicts snowy 'winter deja vu' 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The almanac appears to warn against buying votes. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The publication, not to be confused with the New Hampshire-based Old Farmer's Almanac, uses a prediction method largely unchanged since the first almanac was published in 1818. Deja vu, discontent in Boston: Farmers' Almanac predicts frigid, snowy winter in Northeast 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z “It’s not your grandparents’ almanac, anymore,” Geiger said. Farmers’ Almanac predicts another nasty winter for Northeast 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z For years the public had read quack weather prognostications in almanacs, but this was the first time that predictions had been sanctioned by government. The birth of the weather forecast - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Even more impressive: When officials crowned her the winner, she was barely sweating, according to Mass Moments, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities’ online history almanac. How One Woman Won a Marathon and Barely Broke a Sweat 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Their wedding, in Hong Kong on Aug. 27, 2006, took place on what the large-size almanac said would be a “general all-purpose good weather day,” Mr. Smith said. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z But the almanac didn't nail it everywhere: out West, it was unusually warm while the almanac projected cool temperatures. Deja vu, discontent in Boston: Farmers' Almanac predicts frigid, snowy winter in Northeast 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Over the past four seasons it was possible to have a leg up on some of these plays via George R. R. Martin's novels: an of almanac of sorts literally stolen from 2015. The Game of Game of Thrones: who will win season five? 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Time is measured in farmer's almanacs, not rush-hour traffic, and twitter still refers to the peaceful sound of birds. Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein poses double threat of defense and dunks 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Though Mr. Franklin sold his almanac, there is at least one today that uses his picture on the cover and carries on the tradition. Latest News: Congress Is Back, Same-Sex Marriage, SpaceX Launch 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Lee said she had checked with Mr. Wong for additional guidance about 2016 after this year’s almanacs arrived from the printer in Hong Kong. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Then when he gets the almanac, this book tells the future. Everything ‘Back to the Future Part II’ Got Right and Wrong About 2015, According to Futurists These serve as a kind of farmers' almanac for foreign policy wonks. Cuba and China Climate Accord Headline 2014 Foreign Policy Surprises 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Members were given two days to read this almanac, digest its contents, hear from constituents, and decide how to vote. The disgusting “Cromnibus” spectacle: When “compromise” reigns supreme, the people get hosed 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Like other almanacs of the day, it had weather predictions and calendars. Latest News: Congress Is Back, Same-Sex Marriage, SpaceX Launch 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Each entry is an excursion into metaphor, for the time-honored terms in the almanac are not to be taken literally. A Chinese Almanac That Takes a Wary View of the New Year 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z For example, The Decision Maker’s kit includes a jacket stuffed with dice, the farmer’s almanac and various fortune-telling tools in its pockets. The 5 Most-Talked About Projects At The Istanbul Design Biennial 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z The almanac wasn’t spot on everywhere: The Pacific Northwest was wetter than expected, and California and the Southwest were drier than projected. Farmers’ Almanac predicts another nasty winter 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The almanac wasn’t spot on everywhere: the pacific northwest was wetter than expected, and California and the southwest were drier than projected. Farmers' Almanac predicts 'bitter, frigid conditions' for US winter 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z “We’ve found that folks want the almanac as soon as the issue is done up, right as the growing season is done,” she said. Almanac predicts colder winter, hotter summer 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Later, in his famous preface to his 1758 almanac he noted that, “A penny saved is a penny got.” A Penny Saved Was Never A Penny Earned 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The most important of his works may be the dense Wimbledon Compendium, his annual almanac. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum Houses Sport’s Greatest Collection of Books and Magazines 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Grisham said he kept an almanac of baby names on his desk. New York's BookCon: 'Where literature and pop culture collide' 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z It is not an annual almanac prediction but a stock ticker. Daily chart: Crowning the dragon 2014-04-30T00:02:16Z He turned to the 1919 almanac, and found about the same figure. Solving the Mystery Flu That Killed 50 Million People 2014-04-29T11:00:50Z In his newspapers, almanacs and in his famous autobiography he created line after line of great business advice. A Penny Saved Was Never A Penny Earned 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z This seemed like a good time to take stock of our accomplishments, with help from the walking weather almanac Steve Fybish: City Room: New York Today: Snowy and Slippery, Again 2014-02-18T10:56:03Z While my traditional end-of-year almanac focuses on technology, there’s a broader transition happening, underpinned by these tech trends. 5 Ways CIOs Can Transform Business 2014-01-29T15:33:00Z Caterpillar stripes point to a mild winter Hagerstown almanac made prediction from 274 woolly bear caterpillars that kids collected. Kids experience hands-on history 2013-11-02T03:41:17Z And for the coach who is a human almanac of offensive football, these tactics are helping him understand the meaning of the cliché “less is more.” Sarkisian enjoying the Huskies’ new offense 2013-09-10T07:16:07Z In his 1737 almanac Franklin printed a column called “Hints For Those That Would Be Rich” in which he dispensed all manner of sound financial advice. A Penny Saved Was Never A Penny Earned 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z A permanent column down the right side of the screen sometimes shows relevant stats and sometimes random entries from the sports almanac. Fox Sports 1 Stumbles Out of the Gate 2013-08-21T09:57:23Z GPS’s battery draining behavior is most noticeable during the initial acquisition of the satellite’s navigation message: the satellite’s state, ephemeris, and almanac. Why Does GPS Use More Battery Than Any Other Antenna Or Sensor In A Smartphone? 2013-08-06T16:04:00Z Cropper is responsible for the paper in 80% of UK hardbook books, as well as the poppy paper and paper in Hansard, the parliamentary almanac. British company develops technology to recycle disposable coffee cups 2013-07-17T09:51:56Z Weather Bureau complained about the almanacs’ inaccuracy in 1905, and a Harvard professor did the same in a public address in 1926. Long-term weather forecasts are a long way from accurate 2013-04-15T20:44:15Z Many of the elaborate diagrammatic writings can be seen in the almanacs and numerical tables that were produced during that time. The Science and Art of the Diagrams: Culturing Physics and Mathematics, Part 1 2013-03-22T12:45:00.207Z Whether history repeats or just rhymes, seasonal trading patterns captured in well-thumbed investment almanacs are typically a trove of ideas for market timing and direction. Analysis: Five-day rule flashes green on market's "Groundhog Day" 2013-01-09T06:05:37Z I do not know, he adds, what the occult almanac makers predict, but out of curiosity I have looked back at some other thirteens. From the archive, 1 January 1913: Miscellany – New Year's superstitions 2013-01-01T00:04:01Z For example, if you want to know what weather to expect in New England next Thanksgiving Day, the almanac offers an answer with a better-than-even shot at accuracy: “Snow, heavy south.” This Land: For 40 Years, Predicting Weather for Gruber’s Almanack 2012-12-10T02:17:06Z Critics of the almanacs are nearly as old as the almanacs themselves. Long-term weather forecasts are a long way from accurate 2013-04-15T20:44:15Z “California Republicans are becoming the white man’s party,” says Allan Hoffenblum, a former manager of local GOP campaigns in California who now publishes the California Target Book, an almanac on California election campaigns. Is California's Democratic Supermajority an Omen for the Rest of the U.S.? 2012-11-20T10:50:25Z Seasonal flows and trading almanacs are slightly different however in that they purport to capture observed behavior rather than abstract concepts or predetermined patterns. Analysis: Five-day rule flashes green on market's "Groundhog Day" 2013-01-09T06:05:37Z Halloween by then had also become a comforting part of their children’s almanac. Advice to Parents Post-Sandy: Don’t Cancel Halloween. Seriously. 2012-10-31T11:30:47Z And, in the annual “Conjecturer’s Column” that he writes for the almanac, he is nothing if not candid about his performance. This Land: For 40 Years, Predicting Weather for Gruber’s Almanack 2012-12-10T02:17:06Z Many farmers ignore the weather forecasts and rely instead on Hindu astronomical almanacs and signs in nature. Indian scientists try to crack monsoon source code 2012-07-20T09:35:24Z In 1858, then-Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln used an almanac to show that a witness in a murder case was lying about the position of the moon. Midwest farm town, transformed by immigration, thrives 2012-06-20T10:02:21Z As he turned to go to his cabin Kenneth saw that the baronet was standing in a corner of the navigation-room and studying a nautical almanac. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z It may even forecast in a general way for seven days and still maintain a considerable advantage over almanac guesswork. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z “Daily forecasts for the mid-Atlantic region were correct 55.1 percent of the time, slightly below last year’s 59.3 percent, which was the best in recent years,” Mr. O’Toole wrote in the current almanac. This Land: For 40 Years, Predicting Weather for Gruber’s Almanack 2012-12-10T02:17:06Z These may still be seen in almanacs, and on the large coloured bottles in the windows of the druggist. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Polly, who was by, cried out, "Madam, you must then be an almanac, that he might change every year;" whereat she was not a little displeased. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "Poor Richard," be it observed, was the great comic almanac of the country for twenty-five years, and it was Franklin who infused the element of burlesque into American journalism. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Cheapness, accuracy, and a certain modesty are the three qualities that distinguish the out-givings of the Bureau from the old-fashioned predictions of the weather which used to appear in almanacs. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The business manager went on to explain that the almanac’s sixth prognosticator had passed away, and it was in need of its seventh. This Land: For 40 Years, Predicting Weather for Gruber’s Almanack 2012-12-10T02:17:06Z Consequently, the details of the lunar year are shown even in the almanacs which follow the solar year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z He read almanacs and enjoyed watching the crawl of stock prices on TV, seeking patterns. Factual?s Gil Elbaz Wants to Gather the Data Universe 2012-03-24T20:45:37Z The comic almanac quoted above, containing one hundred and eighty-three pages and seventy pictures, costs the retail purchaser ten cents. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Naval Observatory or the sunrise/sunset tables in any reputable almanac, you will find that this is not so. Spring Arrives with Equinox Tuesday, Earliest in More Than a Century 2012-03-19T19:45:00.230Z The almanac has been passed on through the generations within the same family. This Land: For 40 Years, Predicting Weather for Gruber’s Almanack 2012-12-10T02:17:06Z It occasionally happens that there are two suppressions of tithis in one and the same fortnight; and the almanacs show such a case in the bright fortnight of Jyaishṭha, A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Here the monks print their Bibles, and prayer-books in really beautiful Armenian type, beside almanacs, and other useful publications for Constantinople, and other parts of Turkey. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z "Ah; the almanacs always did us full justice," the crab replied, "but I'm told they're not fashionable now." Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z The Nuremberg presses popularized astronomy in other important ways, issuing almanacs, the first precursors of our astronomical Ephemerides. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Mr. Spessard often receives calls about sweet recollections of a grandmother’s reliance on the almanac, as well as angry complaints about a typographical error that might disrupt the spin of the earth. This Land: For 40 Years, Predicting Weather for Gruber’s Almanack 2012-12-10T02:17:06Z Consequently, some of the almanacs have adopted the European practice of showing the time of sunrise, in hours and minutes, from midnight; and some of them add the time of sunset from noon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z While thus employed, Banneker completed his almanac and gave it to George Ellicott, Andrew's cousin, as a subject of possible interest. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z It needs no almanac to count the months. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z So much did he desire to give his entire time to this fascinating subject that he sold his printing-house, paper, and almanac, for ninety thousand dollars, and retired from business. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z These must be kept in what is called ‘full term’ which is rather later than the almanac term, and also in a duly licensed lodging house. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Its years are lunar, with lunar months, but seem liable to be sometimes regarded as solar, with solar months, when they are cited in almanacs of Southern India which present the solar calendar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z There, precisely corresponding with the almanac which he had removed, hung an old-fashioned silver sconce with a flat back serving for a reflector. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z “Katherine surely must have been born under a different sign of the Zodiac than those you see in the ordinary almanacs,” said Nyoda. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z At twenty-seven, having read much and written considerable, he determined to bring out an almanac, after the fashion of the day, "for conveying instruction among the common people, who bought scarcely any other book." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Any body, it seems to us, could make an almanac, as far as the calendar is concerned. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z And it is now used more or less freely, and is cited in almanacs everywhere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z "Do not the hist'ries of all ages Relate miraculous presages, Of strange turns in the world's affairs, Foreseen by astrologers, soothsayers, Chaldeans, learned genethliacs, And some that have writ almanacs?" Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Afterwards, the old almanacs described it as the “Great Amazing Light in the North.” Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z The yearly almanac was regarded as "an acquisition." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Why, you could not get a prophetic almanac into a second issue if it were not based on truer knowledge than that which made it possible for such a thing to be said. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z And the heliacal risings of Jupiter, as also, indeed, those of the other planets, are shown in almanacs for astrological purposes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Which wouldn’t be bad if the “marketplace” stepped up to fill this void, as it does with various commercial almanacs. Statistical Tools and Errands for Fools 2012-02-09T19:52:35Z We may take it that he really entered on a professional career in 1644, when a ‘happy thought’ inspired him to bring out the first yearly issue of his prophetical almanac, or ‘Merlinus Anglicus Junior.’ Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z I found that out once upon a time when I had to stay in a house for several hours where there was just one almanac and not another printed page. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z In the lot was a mutilated almanac, printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1733. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z Berne almanac, a Dance of Death in one of them, 154. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z All Czech writings which could be found were destroyed by the Austrian authorities as being tainted with heresy, while no new books written in Czech appeared, except occasional prayer-books and almanacs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Poor′ness; Poor′-rate, a rate or tax for the support of the poor; Poor′-Rob′in, an almanac; Poor's′-box, a box for receiving contributions to the poor.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z “She couldn't find her almanac and ran across to the neighbor's to get one.” The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z What every one learns from the almanac, over and above Easter and its consequences for the current year, is that what happens this year is no index at all to what will happen next year. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Like an accommodating almanac, the description of Mandeville is applicable to other meridians, than that, for which it was especially designed. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Besides his almanac, Franklin considered his newspaper as a very valuable means of circulating instruction and good advice among the people. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z So exact a time-keeper is it that it gave names to two months in the native almanac. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Tell your wife to have that almanac handy. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z I have nothing new; Mr. Cousins has put my name to his almanac. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z An almanac seems a common thing, but it is impossible to overrate the prodigious accumulations of science that go to make up an almanac. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z In New York and Philadelphia, the printers were stationers, but they kept only paper, almanacs, ballads, and a few common school books. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Take Mr. De Morgan's recently published Book of Almanacs, and turn to almanac 37. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-20T03:00:34.177Z An almanac is a great deal better than nothing, my dear. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z A seizure was made of 1,200 almanacs to satisfy the claim. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z With these accumulations, it is now no very difficult matter to construct a map or an almanac. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z In 1757, Franklin collected them into a discourse prefixed to the almanac for that year. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z The almanac was adorned with a ridiculous portrait of a doctor in a huge wig. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z By the almanac he must have been that year forty-five years old,—just as old, dear Tom, as some other people are this year by the almanac. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z In 1802 he was appointed editor of the Gentlemen’s Diary, and in 1818 editor of the Ladies’ Diary and superintendent of the almanacs of the Stationers’ Company. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Their office will be useless in the morning of the resurrection, and, like old almanacs, they will be laid aside. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z The virtuous Queen also sent me sometimes oranges, lemons, and some of the large almanacs, and this she did through a dwarf, who is a thoroughly quick lad. Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Taking some of this man's enigmatical sentences for prophecies, Gozzi compiled a sort of comic almanac, in which the various woes impending over Venice in the year 1756 were described. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z When Stevenson came to grief on the Moon in Prince Otto, he declared that the next time he wrote a novel, he should use an almanac. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z On the other hand, we have prognostications in English, almanacs, Robin Hood, the Nutbrown Maid, the Squire of Low Degree, Sir Isumbras, Robert the Devil, and ballads. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z He came back twenty years older, and the almanac on his writing-table marked six days. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z I discovered that, on consulting the almanac, we had done our horse racing and trading on Sunday. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z My pocket almanac says that I am living in the dogdays. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The almanac is, after all, what is most sorely needed. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z IN a curious little almanac for 1809 may still be seen against the date of August 29, the simple record, "Son b." Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z The astrological almanacs, which were circulated in the name of the Egyptian Petosiris among all families who had the means to buy them contributed much to bring this about. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z If stocks do end the year in positive territory, that would confirm yet another stalwart of the almanac: The "January barometer." Stocks Going By the Book 2011-10-31T01:10:48Z Now we shall see whether you are skilled in your almanac.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z Possibly Herr Sudermann, since the composition of that work, has really consulted an almanac; for in Das hohe Lied, the Moon is practically ignored, and never gets a fair start. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z The stage jolted on; the two other passengers chatted, then one fell asleep and the other read an almanac. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Mr. Brae says decidedly, that examples of such motion are to be seen ‘in every almanac.’ Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z It was full moon, according to the almanac, and it certainly was not dark, although the moon was snowed away from the bewitched world. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z After the entertainment, both parties consult the almanac and fix a day for the ceremony, called G�tray haridr� or the anointment of the boy with turmeric. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Clog′-al′manac, an early form of almanac having the indicating characters notched on wood, horn, &c.; Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The engines stopped, there was by contrast a curious stillness, and the men went below; but Grahame spent some time studying a chart of the coast and a nautical almanac before he went to sleep. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Latterly, his reading had been restricted to a chapter in the Bible per day, and an occasional examination of the almanac. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z From a Quebec almanac of 1796 it appears that there were seven post-offices in Upper Canada and five in Lower Canada. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z The Hindoo almanac places Shasthi, the sixth day of the moon, as dugdh� or destructive of any good thing in popular estimation. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The early editions of old almanacs tell of these coaching routes. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z More improvident than his city fathers, this one lights up his lamp, of dark, rainy nights, whether the moon is in the almanac, or city fathers' brains. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z There were parish magazines and temperance monthlies, there were religious almanacs for the years we have lost; by some sporting chance there were even a few back numbers of the “Monumental Mason.” The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z It is unpardonable that some of our almanacs, especially those for the farmer, contain prophecies about the weather. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z I looked in an almanac and it said that next Saturday would be fair and warm, so that’s all right.” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z The thought came to her of the description of a mummy which she had read a few nights before in the almanac. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The almanac said there should be moonshine at this hour, the clouds and rain put in their veto. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z In the first preface, he says that, if he were to declare that he wrote almanacs with no other view than of the public good, he should not be sincere. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z The weather prophecies of the almanac are a disgrace to our advanced age. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z When we had our high-school picnic, the almanac said ‘showers’ and it was a perfectly gorgeous day. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z The first of these interesting almanacs had appeared in 1726, when Ames was only seventeen years old, but he was assisted by his astronomer father. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z No matter, the almanac had said it, and that was enough for the gas contractors. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z Two of his commercial enterprises were the Pennsylvania Gazette, the most readable newspaper of Colonial America, and Poor Richard's Almanac, the only almanac that has ever attained the rank of literature. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z But at times, almanacs announce an extraordinary increase of cold or heat for a given day, although the situation of the planets does not change suddenly in one day. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z At the time I told him to purchase for me a "Bowditch Navigator," which I lacked, and any other almanacs and charts he needed for himself. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z By referring to his nautical almanac he sees recorded there the Greenwich time at which the moon was three degrees from that particular star. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The almanac was eagerly perused by every member of the family from the dawn of the year to its setting. Every Man His Own University 2011-08-04T02:00:22.623Z In another issue of the almanac, he indulges in a great variety of confident predictions as to the year 1739. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Columbus observed the time occasionally, when there was an eclipse, comparing it with the time at some place given in his almanac, but the result was too rough to be of any use. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z Isak never read any book except the almanac and could not formulate his thoughts on religion, but he feels God in the loneliness, under the starry heavens, and in the might of the forest. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z And, suiting the action to the word, he pushed his hand into his breeches-pocket, and pulled out an old almanac, printed at Philadelphia in 1732, and, bowing, handed it to him. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Never were books so eagerly, so often, and so carefully read as these poor almanacs. Every Man His Own University 2011-08-04T02:00:22.623Z They too possibly had almanacs, but it does not follow that they knew that it gives light as soon as it rises. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Another—but I must pause, and again refer my reader to the almanac. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z My dearest Page: It takes such an interminable time to get mail in these war times that I am afraid my letter will seem like last year's almanac by the time it reaches you. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z As I left the house, I saw an almanac hanging on the wall for the year 2564. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z If an almanac can help one man to get the same life-result as another man gets from the polishing of the greatest universities in the world, the almanac is the peer of the university. Every Man His Own University 2011-08-04T02:00:22.623Z Double impressions of 2,500 were allowed of primers, catechisms, proclamations, statutes and almanacs. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z I must refer my readers to Punch’s almanac for 1848, copiously illustrated by Leech, for many admirable examples of his many-sided powers. John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z By its provisions stamps were to be placed on commercial and legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z There are two works, which, generally speaking, are found in every Christian family—the Bible and—the almanac. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Whether materials as insignificant as the almanac have been used to attain just such results, the history of our country and of several other countries can readily prove. Every Man His Own University 2011-08-04T02:00:22.623Z There were several memoranda and slips of paper, a few cards, and an almanac for the year—that was all. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z The revenues of provinces we will take from almanacs and tables, which, as all men know, are the most authentic documents. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Why must thy short, sad days fall precisely upon the short, sad days of the almanac? The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z In New-York and Philadelphia the printers were, indeed, stationers, but they sold only paper, &c., almanacs, ballads, and a few common schoolbooks. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z Gad, it is just the time for the new almanacs, and Allen wants men to sell 'em. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z The Kernel had Greeley's last year's almanac in his hands. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z It is often alleged, I know, that we really have only three seasons; that winter leaps into the lap of summer, and spring is nothing but a myth of the almanac makers. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z All I heard was, uttered in exciting tones, such words as "extra performance," "almanac," "imposition," "Mapleson," and so on. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z In New York and Philadelphia the printers were indeed stationers; they sold only paper, etc., almanacs, ballads, and a few common schoolbooks. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Dryden's reply was: "Be an almanac, then, my dear, that I may change you once a year." The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z We refer the reader wishing to obtain information respecting written and printed almanacs, to “The Book of Days.” Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z It looked primitive indeed and reminded me of a picture I saw in an almanac when a kid, representing the Egyptian plowing. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z After careful questioning, Mr. Lincoln showed the perjury of the witness, by the almanac, no moon being visible on the night in question. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z I found the good man had thoroughly studied my almanacs, and digested all I had dropped on these topics during the course of twenty-five years. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z You’ll scarcely credit it, but the daily record of the tides is the most important part of the almanac in my practice. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z A few years after Andrews settled there, we find his name on the title-page of an almanac, and an advertisement of his school. Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z This is my list of informing articles on the subject of almanacs: British Quarterly Review, vol. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Let no mean almanac measurement be applied to the fair eternity which he now lived, when he saw the beloved every evening, every morning, in her little village. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z The Egyptians reckon only a hundred and thirty-five thousand years, and the Indians but eighty thousand, while we have almanacs of four thousand ages. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z We are old shoes, sucked lemons, last year's almanacs. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Now, the predictions of the Prophets can be clearly understood, as much so as the almanac when it foretells an eclipse; or else the Bible of all books is of most doubtful usefulness. A Voice of Warning An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:21.363Z It represented an old farmer examining the almanac for the New Year. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z That is to say, we calculate, with the aid of the almanac, that, if everything goes as heretofore, there will be fifteen Sundays before the summer holidays. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z That storm the almanac announces, Where is it? Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Yet this man, in an almanac which he had set forth for that year of 1605, had assigned for every particular day some special event of things that should then happen. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z He wrote almanacs, took private pupils, and in all ways tried to support his second wife and children, while he studied the heavens year by year, discovering his three great laws. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z I shall perhaps also find time to go through some poetical indexes, and find a few good verses on almanacs, either to finish off—or to begin 318 with. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Burghers also illustrated the Oxford almanacs, and supplied frontispieces to the Bibles and other large books issued by the University Press up to about 1720. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z And though the almanac Is wrong about the squall, The old salts lean their back Against the wall, And wait in rows together, Watching the sea and the weather. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z On the painted walls were several grocers' almanacs, depicting sailors in the arms of lovers, children crossing brooks, or monks swelling themselves with Gargantuan repasts. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z After that, she looked behind the almanac on the chimney-piece, and rummaged amongst a litter of newspapers, and torn scraps of writing that lay in a basket. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z “Now what can a fellow know about almanacs?” he asked. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The first thing which was printed was the freemen’s Oath; the next was an almanac made for New England by Mr. William Pierce, mariner; the next was the Psalms newly turned into metre.” Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z He promised to obey, and, having sold his little stock, bought an astrolabe, an astronomical almanac, and a table of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z The family library consisted of "a copy of Watts' Hymns, a cheap pamphlet copy of Pope's Essay on Man, and the Bible, from which he learned to read, together with an occasional almanac." Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z This work was admirably printed in fine Elzevir type, and in aspect, as well as arrangement, was an exact copy of the almanacs of the day published in London. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z By the almanac the time was vouched to be the opening of the season; a fact amply corroborated by the fashionable assemblage then enjoying the hospitalities of Mrs. Cronan's tea-table. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z It chanced to be the last day of the month, and, by the decree of the almanac, the close of the bathing-season. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Is it to be the insipid burlesque that finds its pleasure in the medical almanac and the comic supplement? Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z The almanac declared that it was high summer, yet it would be no uncommon event if a snowstorm came from the southwest and mantled all the land a foot deep. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Mr. Lincoln got the almanac and proved by it that there was no moon shining at that time. Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln 2011-01-21T03:00:11.447Z This eleventh of July was an eventful day for the Post inn at Tausens, and certainly merited to be underscored with a red pencil, as it was that very evening by Hansel in the almanac. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z These were but three—a fragment of a Bible, Pilgrim's Progress, and an almanac that was four years old. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The correct name for this difference between the two kinds of solar time is the equation of time, but in the almanacs it is frequently marked "sun fast" or "sun slow." A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z The only proof I 'm eighty-five is the almanac. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z We are concerned only with that portion of the almanac that has to do with the days. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z In the lack of suicides, stabs in the dark, and pronunciamientos, they are driven to fill up their space with extracts from the almanac and lists of letters thrown into the Post Office without prepayment. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z It was my mother's fault; she used to read the racing almanac and many a novel besides. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The sermons are like an almanac calculated for the meridian of no place in particular, for no time in special. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z "The final report approved today is an informative and important almanac of options for tax reform." Volcker-led economic panel assesses U.S. tax reform ideas 2010-08-27T18:49:00Z "The Whale" results from years of devoted researching, talking, kayaking, diving and swimming; it is equal parts almanac, literary study, celebration, elegy, eulogy and literary travel essay. 2010-02-14T05:00:00Z Having no clocks, they regard instead the face of the sky; the stars serve them for almanacs; they hunt and fish, they sow and reap in correspondence with the recurrent order of celestial appearances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" His reputation and fortune were increased by his newspaper, but his greatest success came from his almanac, the immortal “Poor Richard.” The True Benjamin Franklin Shakespeare followed the Bible in his own review of 13 his favourite reading as a boy; but a gazetteer or an almanac was quite as acceptable. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine Furthermore, I have to thank Mr. Jackson for aid in every possible way, with navigation-tables, nautical almanac,12 scales, and all sorts of drawing material. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 We must be guided by the weather, and trim to the wind; our feeling will tell us whether we may, or may not, safely leave our windows open much more surely than the almanac. Household Organization In vain the wretched astrologer protested that he was alive, got a literary friend to write a pamphlet to prove it, and published his almanac for 1709. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In those days almanacs were the literature of the masses, very much as newspapers are now. The True Benjamin Franklin The circulation of almanacs continued to be much cramped by the very heavy duty of one shilling and threepence per copy till 1834, when this duty was abolished. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide I was away in Edinburgh, for the almanac told us that we were approaching the date of the Bewick Wakes. Deep Moat Grange Ticked off by the almanac, it is so much time as lies between the day-dawn and the dark of evening. The Reclaimers Nevertheless a field is found even to this day for almanacs of a similar type, and for popular belief in them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Besides his almanac and newspaper, Franklin extended his business by publishing books, consisting mostly of religious tracts and controversies. The True Benjamin Franklin The term is of Arabic origin, but the Arabs were not the first to use almanacs, which indeed existed from remote ages. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Like his cotemporary and friend Benjamin Franklin, he made the calculation for an almanac for several years for a publisher in New York. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution When he came in to us, he never gave us a "good evening," only glanced up at the clock on the wall, then at his watch, then at the almanac, and was gone! Yiddish Tales By looking on the front cover of an almanac, anybody can find out just how many cannon are mounted on the Rock of Gibraltar. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document “Poor Richard” affects great friendship for him, and says that he would have written almanacs long ago had he not been unwilling to interfere with the business of Titan. The True Benjamin Franklin In England they are known from the fourteenth century, there being several English almanacs of this century existing in MS. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide At seven o’clock it would be dark, whereas the almanac fixed the close of day at eight. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 His fruitless leisure was employed in scribbling almanacs in terza rima, in which he sought to insert such prophecies as were likely to fulfil themselves. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Farther from the window, and carefully protected from the air by a screen, sat a gentleman whose fur-lined pelisse and velvet skull-cap showed that he placed more faith in the almanac than in the atmosphere. The Fortunes Of Glencore Every printer issued an almanac as a matter of course, for it was the one publication which was sure to sell, and there was always more or less money to be made by it. The True Benjamin Franklin In the reign of James I of England letters-patent were granted to the two universities and the Stationers' Company for an exclusive right of printing almanacs, but in 1775 this monopoly was abolished. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The library, composed of the Bible and the almanac, was not satisfying to my inquiring mind. Life on the Stage An up-to-date and authoritative encyclopedia, a good dictionary, a World almanac, and other popular reference books should be supplied and instruction given in their use. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Thus, the couplet from an old almanac: “If woolly fleeces strew the heavenly way, Be sure no rain disturb the summer day.” The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes While Franklin and Meredith were in business they published their almanac annually, and it was prepared by Thomas Godfrey, the mathematician, who with his wife lived in part of Franklin’s house. The True Benjamin Franklin About 200 new almanacs were started immediately on the repeal. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide He also issued a host of sermons, almanacs, and other minor works. The Story of Books I was advising her to be divorced, and marry the man in the almanac: 'twould be fine pastime for her to lick him whole. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 An old almanac had the following verse: “A rainbow in the morning Is the shepherd’s warning; A rainbow at night Is the shepherd’s delight.” The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes So he wrote his own almanac, and announced that it was prepared by one Richard Saunders, who for short was called “Poor Richard,” and he proved to be the most wonderful philomath that ever lived. The True Benjamin Franklin Some of the almanacs that are regularly published every year are extremely useful, and are indeed almost indispensable to men engaged in official, mercantile, literary, or professional business. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Farmers used to do everything by the almanac. Frying Pan Farm In the almanacs cited above, this order was not observed, either from ignorance or excessive superstition. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. All plans, proposals, etc., prior to the nineteenth of April, i.e., to the commencement of hostilities, are like the almanacs of last year; which, though proper then, are superseded and useless now. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence There was a rival almanac, of which the philomath was Titan Leeds. The True Benjamin Franklin The latter work contains numerous illustrations of “anatomies” from colonial almanacs. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology "A farmer needs a wife like he needs the rain," is an old farm saying, expounded for decades in the farmer's almanacs. Frying Pan Farm The well-known facts as to length and height and cost and power to resist strains may be found in any of the newspaper almanacs. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 He will be stuck, like the man in the almanac, not deep, but all over. A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope This was in the year 1732, and the following year Franklin had no philomath, as such people were called, to prepare his almanac. The True Benjamin Franklin The “woodcut anatomy” became a characteristic illustration of the colonial American almanac. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology Two fragments of the drama were published in one of the almanacs, which then took the place of literary reviews. An Outline of Russian Literature The wit, homely philosophy, and keen penetration shown by Franklin attracted wide attention and gave the almanac an enormous circulation, which lasted as long as it was published. The Greater Republic A History of the United States “So he gets dis almanac an’ off he sets, an’ if he don’t skip and flick dis time, it’s only because his wais’coat’s too tight. Old Hendrik's Tales He had made himself famous in many varied spheres, from almanacs and stove-making to treaties of alliance. The True Benjamin Franklin For several centuries, almanacs were consulted to determine the propitious time for bleeding. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology Why is a person of short stature like an almanac? The Handbook of Conundrums Abel had taken down the almanac from its nail in the wall and had pretended to be absorbed in its contents. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn "I must positively get an almanac, papa, or I shall make confusion in my dates." One Of Them I have heard of an almanac, circulated in MS., in which the various peculiarities of individual members of the Exchange were very cleverly hit off. Here and There in London The British tradesman's pictorial almanac will, I suppose, be found hanging on the gates of the new Jerusalem; it had certainly penetrated Lhassa, usually in the form of a royal family group. To Lhassa at Last "The summer is nearly over, grandaunt—" "I have an almanac." "—and, as school will soon begin—" "In about three weeks." Anne And so this memorable month ends, a stream of beauty unmeasured, no more to be sectioned off by almanac arithmetic than sun-radiance or the currents of seas and rivers—a peaceful, joyful stream of beauty. My First Summer in the Sierra They stripped him to his waist, and then they began to work over him according to the directions in the almanac for restoring drowned people. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself A little group, sulky and silent, were gathered around the weather-glass; a literary inquirer sat down to con over the predictions of the almanac. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Besides their cooking utensils, toilet articles, clothing, blankets, and tent, this couple carry a rifle, a shot-gun, ammunition, and other small but useful things like a map, a compass, and an almanac. Seeds of Pine This was a name used by Benjamin Franklin for his almanac. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read The understanding of a savage is a kind of natural almanac, and more true in its prognostication of the future. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The worthy dame wore a large cap decorated with rainbow-coloured ribbons, the border of which encompassed her face, like the portrait of the sun in an almanac. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 Hence the almanacs of the time generally gave particular seasons as the most beneficial for bleeding. Folk-lore of Shakespeare They were printed in almanacs, or loose sheets, and sometimes not printed at all. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 He had to accept all sorts of jobs; he made almanacs, and served any one who would pay him. The Intellectual Life I wonder whether those little silver pencil-cases with a movable almanac at the butt-end are still favourite implements with boys, and whether pedlars still hawk them about the country? A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Oh, I just got me a nautical almanac and learned to squint too. The Vision of Elijah Berl These know market-day as well as the almanac or the negro butcher. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. "These are names clipped out of the perpetual almanac," whispered she to Michal, with a grin. Pretty Michal The feast of Candlemas was kept by the ancient Egyptians in honor of the goddess Neith, and on the very day that is marked on our Christian almanacs as "Candlemas day." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning We have lost our count; for our almanac was blown overboard. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 Look once again at this book, this literary production here, crammed with incontrovertible facts, this most excellent specimen of the common, every-day household almanac. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. They explained to Scruggs afterward that I was subject to fits whenever the moon was in her last quarter, and they'd forgotten to look at the almanac that evening. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign They had been given a little rudimentary education, could read their Bibles and almanacs, "cipher" a little, write their names and a letter which could be read. The Struggle for Missouri There is an almanac in the cabin, but no clock. Our Southern Highlanders The astrology appears partly to be reminiscences of that of their ancient heathendom, partly that borrowed from the European almanacs of the century 1550-1650. The Books of Chilan Balam, the Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yucatan Now just come and look at this book here, this excellent specimen of the ordinary household almanac, for it contains a key to the whole mystery. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. |
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