The Canadian Almanac and Directory 1858-1859

xTHE CANADIAN ALMANAC,FOR THE YEAR 1858.CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES.GoldenNumber 16 Dominical Letter (Epact 15 Roman Indictiou jS3lar 19Cycle Julian Period 6571EPOCHS.5619 of theThe Jewish Era com. 19th 1858 The 22ndyear Sept. ofQueen Tictoria s JuneReign beg. 20th.. 1858The 1275 ofthellahoin. Era com, 22nd 1858 Theyear Aug. SSrdof the the U. S. 4th...Indep.of begins July 1858FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS AND ANNIVERSARIES.Ash Feb 17Wednesday y Whitsunday 23MayDavidSt. March 1 Birth of YictoriaQueen 24MaySt. Patrick Mar. 17 Midsummer Day June 24Day 25 ISirth ofPrince AlbertLady 26Aug.EASTER SUNDAY 4 MichaelmasApril Day 29Sept.St. 23 Birth ofPrince ofWalesGeorge Nor. 913 St. AndrewsHoly Thursday May ,. Nov. SOofExplanation the Articles in the Calendar.These are calculated for Toronto and and forpages Quebec, ordinary will serve with sufficientpurposes foraccuracyin Canada.every cityMOON S PHASES. This Table the times for the two meridians when the moongives thepasses geocentric longitudesof 180 and 270 eastofthesun. It also the times ofher and least0, 90, gives greatest distance from the earth.TWILIGHT. In this table are the times at which ingiven the and ends in the i.twilight begins morning evening, e.,the times when the sun s centre is 18 below the horizon.GREATEST ELONGATION OF THE POLE STAR. This column the azimuth of thegreatest Pole Star east or west fromgivesthe meridian as observed at a in latitude45. When theplace elongation to ...