73 Mississippi. .66 .78 .83 .80 ......54 ...58 Imports and Exports of ........... Political, Financial and Statistical. American and British Shipping Appropriations by gress for 1875 and 1876...28 Imports in 1873 and 1874Bessemer Steel, Production value of......... 12 Minnesota of, in the United States..17 Imports of Merchandise Breadstuffs, Foreign Marinto Great Britain 1873 Missouri. and 1874-value of....... Nebraska.. .23 ket for Canada, Foreign Trade of.. 14 Canals and Trunk Railroads, Tonnage of.......21 Capitals of the several 18 29 28 New York, by counties....38 66 .30 66 Iron Manufactures of the Members of... .30 29 ....24 31 1821 to 1874-5.... County Clerks (State of N. Y.)....... Currency Contraction.. Sheriffs of New York. ...29 Virginia.... Elections, when held.......88 Specie Payments, an Act West Virginia. Electoral Vote for Presifor the Resumption of....26 Wisconsin dent, 1824 to 1872........86 State Legislatures, when Executive Government of they meet.. the United States ........30 States, area of.. 88 88 Popular Vote for President 1824 to 1872..... ECLIPSES. There will be four Eclipses this year: I. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, March 10. Visible throughout the United States. Size of Eclipse = 3.58 digits. 0 37 morn.1 37 morn.2 37 morn. o 21 morn.1 21 morn, 2 21 morn. 11 20ev.9th.jo 20 morn.1 20 morn. o 6 morn.1 6 morn. 2 06 morn. II. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, March 25, in the afternoon. Visible throughout the United States as a Partial Eclipse, being annular in the Northwestern region of British America. PLACE. III. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, September 3. Invisible in North America. Morning Stars Venus, after July 14. Mars, after August 12. Jupiter, until Feb. 19. and after Dec. 4. Evening Stars. Venus, until July 14. Mars, until August 12. Jupiter, from February 19 to to Dec. 4. PLACES OF THE PLANETS. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 440 PLANETS BRIGHTEST Venus, June 7, and August Mercury, January 25, May 18, and September 15, setting then soon after the Sun; also March 13, July 11, and October 31, rising then before the Sun 20. Mars, not this year. Jupiter, May 17. Saturn, August 27 The year 1876 is leap-year, and until July 4th, is the one-hundreth year of the Independence of the United States. Explanation of the above Table. The character 8 indicates that the planet is opposite the Sun, or 180 deg., or a half circle, east of it, and rises when the Sun sets, and sets when he rises. When a planet is a quarter of a circle, or 90 deg. from the Sun, east or west, it is known by n. In the table above it is to be understood to that it last had. that the word " near and the character & (conjunction) are synonymous, and mean that the two bodies are nearest each other at the time expressed, and that they are then on a line running from the North Pole through both bodies, and have the same right ascension. GR. ELON. means greatest elongation, or greatest apparent angular distance from the SUN. STATIONARY means that the planet is then without apparent motion east or west with respect to the Stars, and is about to move in a direction contrary PLANETARY CHARACTERS. Mercury, Venus, & Mars, 24 Jupiter, Saturn, H Uranus, Neptune, Moon. The above table enables us to find the planets throughout the year. |