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Nautical Almanac see ephemeris .
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Almanacs have a long (and useful) history; The Roman version was written on wood
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 12/31/2006; 700+ words
; ...the first printed almanac appeared in Europe...the Middle Ages, almanacs were vital to farmers...new world was An Almanac Calculated for New...William Pierce. Soon almanacs were second only...hundreds of American almanacs being written...those days, and almanac makers covered every...
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Almanacs
Magazine article from: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...influence of almanacs must have been significant. Almanac Taxonomy Legally...surveying. Many almanacs included essays...Because most almanac makers had been...October, and book almanacs would be sold...s supply of almanac paper.5 Like...
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Almanacs brought health care and astrology to the masses
Newspaper article from: Bath Chronicle, The; 2/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...is now the only almanac of its kind, yet...of thousands of almanacs were updated and...The first printed almanac was published in...but by 1700, almanacs were so popular...quite similar. The almanac authors recommended...moderation." The almanacs even warned how...
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ALMANACS FORECAST VARIABLE WINTER WILL IT BE WARM OR COLD? WET OR DRY? PREDICTIONS OFTEN VARY BY THE BOOKS.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/25/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...advance. That leaves the almanacs. ``I don't put much faith in the weather almanacs,'' said Evan Stewart...dozens of other times the almanacs are wrong.'' But they...details: The Old Farmer's Almanac December - The month offers...
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Online Almanacs: why turn to a quirky online publication like an almanac?
Magazine article from: Information Today; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Many other online almanacs offer both useful...information. Traditional Almanacs The Old Farmer's Almanac (http://www...allows you to buy almanacs, related publications...The Old Farmer's Almanac Favorite Cookies...
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Almanacs Give Meteorologists a Run for Their Money
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 12/22/1994; 700+ words
; ...pulled out their almanacs. Meteorologists...pleasures of an almanac is the confidence...these two respected almanacs are accurate to...But, inveterate almanac readers have an...what are these almanacs predicting for the...The Old Farmers Almanac- Mr. HALE: We...
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Farmers almanacs vie for readers: 2 top tomes of nostalgia, wit, weather forecasts have about 5 million each.(Nation)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 8/24/1997; ; 700+ words
; The war of the almanacs begins Tuesday...the 1998 Farmers' Almanac debuts across America...a peck of other almanacs around the country...amp; Country Almanac, Almanac for Farmers...heroes." The two almanacs are neck and neck...The Old Farmer's Almanac seems to have the...
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Almanac Celebrates 200th Anniversary
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 9/21/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...change. One of those is "The Old Farmers Almanac by Robert B. Thomas," published by...ingredients penned into the first issue of the almanac 200 years ago proved immediately popular...attempts to make major changes in the almanac have generally been met with disfavor...
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Almanac says to expect snowy winter
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/30/2004; 551 words
; Almanac says to expect snowy winter Associated...2004 Lewiston, Maine -- The Farmers' Almanac is predicting a snowy winter in the Great...northern Plains also will be snowy, the almanac says, while the Northeast will have a...
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Almanac sees wet, wild winter
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/30/2004; ; 628 words
; ...put away your umbrella: The Farmers' Almanac is predicting a wild winter with heavy...Plains and Great Lakes will be snowy, the almanac says, while it will be milder in the...either as rain or snow, according to the almanac. "The big thing is it's going to be...
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Almanacs
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...and Rough and Ready Almanac. While most of the campaign almanacs were filled with cartoons and invective, the Whig Almanac, published by Horace...drove the sales of most almanacs. Ayer's American Almanac, published by Dr. J...
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almanac
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...them resembling modern almanacs. The almanac did not become a really...Noteworthy American almanacs include The World Almanac and Book of Facts...1947, now the Time Almanac ). There are also useful almanacs devoted to particular...
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nautical almanac
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...From 1958 the Abridged Nautical Almanac and the American Nautical Almanac were ‘unified’...available to other national nautical almanacs. The title of the purely astronomical part of the Almanac was in 1960 changed to The Astronomical...
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Almanac
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...to issue annual almanacs, and together with...become a center of almanac‐making. The first humorous almanac was compiled in...Subsequently all American almanacs, like their English...The Rhode Island Almanac , issued 1728...Almanack . The Crockett almanacs were a popular ...
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Nautical Almanac, The
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Nautical Almanac, The A yearly publication containing...the US Naval Observatory and HM Nautical Almanac Office. Founded by N. Maskelyne , it...year 1767) under the title The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris . In 1914 it...
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