Excerpt from An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political: For the Year 1878 Tms volume aims to supply a want long felt for a compact and comprehensive reference book, giving the statistics of all nations, and especially of the United States, at the latest date and at a mod erate price. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political for the Year 1880 Sunday, 9 chronological cycles, etc. Dominical Letters, D, C Roman Indiction, Solar cle, 13 Julian Period, Lunar cle, or Golden Number, 19 Jewish Era, Epact, 18 Mohammedan Era. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political: For the Year 1879 The second issue of this statistical annual, delayed a few weeks by the care so essential in tabulating and combining the great mass of figures it contains, is substantially a new work. Only the most ia dispensable o icial tables of the former book, brought up to the latest attainable date, have been preserved. It is lmped that the volume will be found an improvement upon its predecessor, not only in the arrangement of material, but in comprehensiveness, freshness, and utility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year 1882 Example 2. - To find the day of the week on which Columbus discovered America, October i2th, 1492. Old Style. Opposite Century 15, Old Style, and over 92 in black letter (it being leap year.) is Monday. Therefore, October 8th was Monday; and the line of week-days in which Monday falls under October (which is the sixth.) with the days of the month above, constitute the entire Calendar for October, 1492, Old Style, and the 12th, as seen, falls on Friday. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year 1883 It has earned the reputation of being the most accurate and complete manual that exists of its kind, and it is simply indispensable. If I could have but one book of reference for the actual state of the world, I should choose this. G. W. S. In New York Name. Not only statesmen, but all men who desire to keep pace with the march of events, with political and economical changes, in fact with the general progress of the world, will find Mr. Martin's annual an indispensable guide. - New York Tribune. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year 1885: Compiled From Official Sources The Lunar Cycle is 285 synodical revo ntiona of the moon 19 years. The Epact denotes the age of the moon on the first day of January. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.