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1861.
CHRONOLOGICAL ERAS.
The Year 1861 comprises the latter part of the 85th and beginning of the 86th
year of the Independence of the United States of America, corresponding to
The year 6564 of the Julian Period;
" " 7379-70 of the Byzantine Era;
" " 2614 since the foundation of Rome;
" " 2173 of the Grecian Era, or the Era of the Seleucidw;
The Year 1278 of the Mohammedan, or the Era of the Hegira begins July 9, 1861
CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES.
Dominical Letter,................. F Solar Cycle,.................... 22
Epact, ....................... 18 Roman Indiction, ............... 4
Golden Number, or Lunar Cycle,.... 19 Julian Period, ..................6574
ECLIPSES.
There will be three Eclipses of the Sun and one of the Moon in the year 1861.
I. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, Jan. 10th, invisible at Galveston.
II. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, July 7th, invisible at Galveston.
III. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 16th-l7th, visible, namely:
First contact with Penumbra, December 16, llh. 25m. P.M.
First contact with Shadow, " 17, lh. 8m. A.M.
Middle of the Eclipse, " 17, lh. 59InA.M.
Last contact with Shadow, " - 17, 2h. 50m. A.M.
Last contact with Penumbra, " 17, 4h. 33m. A.M.
Magnitude of the Eclipse, (Moon=1.00)=0.18.
IV. Total Eclipse of the Sun, Dec. 31st. Eclipse ends at sunrise in Galveston.
All the calculations in this Almanac are in mean or clock time. The columns
headed Time of Sunrise and Sunset show the mean time of the rising and setting
of the Sun's upper Limb in latitude 30o0.
All the calculations are for the Meridian of Galveston, in time=6h. 19m. 6s. 6
West of Greenwich.
UNITED STATES TIME TABLE.
Showing the difference of time between Galveston and the various cities of the
United States, including San Francisco, California; Trinity Bay, Newfoundland;
Valentia Bay, Ireland; and London, England.
H. M. a. I.
Indianola, Texas, 11 54 A.M. Charleston, S. C., 1 0 P.M.
Austin, " 11 47 " Washington, D. C., 1 11 "
San Antonio," 11 45 " 4 Philadelphia, Pa., 1 19 "
San Francisco, Cal., 10 9 " ' New-York, 1 23 "
New-Orleans, La., 12 19 P.M. c Boston, Mass., 1 35 "
Mobile, Ala.; 12. 27 " London, England, 6 19 "
Cincinnati, Ohio, 12 42 " , Trinity Bay, N. F., 2 48 "
Savannah, Ga., 12 55 " Valentia Bay, Ireland, 5 40 "
It will be seen, by looking at the table, that when it is noon at Galveston, it is
12h. 19m. P.M. at New-Orleans, and lh. 23m. at New-York. Thus the reader will
readily perceive the difference of time between the several points, and obviate the
necessity of moving the hands of his watch to be in time.
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