The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47

The Calendar

The Calendar.

Golden Number 18
Epact 7
Solar Cycle 12
Dominical Letter E.
Roman Indiction 7
Julian Period 6592

Fixed and Moveable Festivals, Anniversaries, &c.

New Year's Day Jan. 1
Epiphany (*) Jan. 6
Septuagesima Feb. 9
Sexagesima Feb. 16
Quinquagesima Feb. 23
Ash Wednesday Feb. 23
St. David March 1
St. Patrick March 17
Annunciation (*) March 25
Palm Sunday April 6
Good Friday April 11
Easter Monday April 13
Low Sunday April 20
Rogation Sunday May 13
St. George May 21
Ascension Sunday (*) May 21
Queen Victoria—Birthday, 1819 May May 21
Whit Sunday June 1
Trinity Sunday June 8
Corpus Christi June 12
Queen Victoria—Accession June 20
Queen Victoria proclaimed June 21
St. John Baptist June 21
St. Peter and St. Paul (*) June 29
Dominion Day July 1
St. Michael Sept. 29
All Saints' Day (*) Nov. 1
Prince of Wales Birthday Nov. 9
St. Andrews Nov. 30
First Sunday in Advent Nov. 30
Conception of St. Mary Dec. 8
St Thomas Dec. 21
Christmas Day Dec. 25
St. John the Evangelist Dec. 27

The only legal holidays in the Province of Ontario are New Year's Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the Queen's Birthday, and any day set apart by proclamation.

In the Province of Quebec feasts and anniversaries marked with an asterisk (*) are also legal holidays; also days proclaimed for Thanksgiving.

The year 5610 of the Jewish Era commences on September 19, 1879.

The year 1236 of the Mohammedan Era commences on January 28, 1879.

The 43rd year of Queen Victoria's reign commences on June 20th, 1879.

The 13th year of the Dominion of Canada commences July 1, 1879.

The 104th year of the Independence of the United States commences July 4, 1879.

On pp. 6, 7, 8 of the Calendar are given the local civil times at which the upper limb of the sun appears to rise and set at a central station in lat. 45° N., and long, 4h. 46m. W, allowance for refraction having been applied to the true times of rising and setting.

The times of sunset in any latitude from lat. 42° to lat 50°, may be found with sufficient accuracy, by applying with their proper signs, the correction given in the following table.

The same corrections, with their signs changed, are applicable for finding the times of sunrise

Latitude. 42° 43° 44° 45° 46° 47° 48° 49° 50° m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. January 1—15............... +10 +7 +3 0—1—7—11—15—20 January 16—31............... 8 6 3 0 3 6 0 13 16 February 1—14........ 6 1 2 0 2 5 7 10 12 February 15—28............... 4 3 1 0 1 3 5 6 8 March 1—15............... 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 3 4 March 16—23............... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 March 21—31...............—1—1 0 0 0 +1 +1 +2 +1 April 1—15............... 3 2—1 0 +1 2 3 4 5 April 16—30............... 5 4 2 0 2 1 6 8 10 May 1—15............... 7 5 3 0 3 5 8 11 11 May 16—31............... 9 6 3 0 3 7 10 14 8 June 1—30............... 11 7 4 0 4 8 12 16 21 July 1—15............... 10 4 1 0 4 8 12 16 20 July 16—31............... 9 6 3 0 3 7 10 11 17 August 1—15................ 7 5 2 0 2 5 8 10 18 August 16—31............... 5 5 2 0 2 3 5 7 9 Sept. 1—15............... 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 Sept. 16—27............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 28—October 15...... +2 +1 +1 0—1—1—2—3—4 October 16—31............... 5 3 2 0 2 3 5 7 9 Nov. 1—15................ 7 5 3 0 3 5 8 11 14 Nov. 16—30............... 9 6 3 0 3 7 10 14 17 Dec. 1—31............... 1 7 4 0 4 8 12 16 21 Latitude............... 42° 43° 44° 45° 46° 47° 48° 49° 50°

The Moon.

The times at which the moon rises and sets, are given for every day in the year. They are computed for the moon's centre, and those on pp. 6, 7, 8, for a station in lat. 5°, and long. 46h. 4m. W. The correc- tions for latitude to be applied to the times of setting given in pp. 6, 7, 8, of the Calendar, in order to find the times at which the Moon sets at other stations, may be found approximately from lat. 42° to lat. 48°, by multiplying the number in the adjoining column by the numbers of degrees by which the latitude exceeds 5°. If the latitude be less than 45°, the signs of the corrections must be charged The corrections for latitude 49½ and 50° will be more near the truth, if the multipliers (which according to the preceding rule, would be 4 and 5) be taken as 4½ and 5½.

The corrections for latitude to be applied to the times of rising are the same as those used for setting, but with the signs changed

In strictness, two corrections for longitude are required.—one due to the motion of the moon in Right Ascension during the interval that elapses between her rising for setting) at stations in different-longitudes; and the other due to the change in the moon's declination during the fame interval The average value of the first of these corrections is about two minutes to be added for each hour or for each fifteen degrees of longitude west of the central meridian, 4h. 46m.; the corrections being substracted when the place is to the east of the central meridian

The correct ion for change of declaration maybe disregarded.

The last column in each month on pp. 6. 7, 8, shows the time to which a watch should be set when the sun is due south, or when the shadow falls on the noon mark of a sun dial.

The times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon on pp. 6, 7, 8, without modification, will serve with sufficient exactness for Halifax, Montreal and Ottawa; and by the rules given above they may be adapted to all other stations. On pp. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, special tables are also given, showing the local civil times at which the sun and moon rise and set at Toronto and Fort Garry, two extreme stations as regards latitude.

5639. 1879. 5639. 1879. Ab .... July 21 "9" 29 Fast of Ab.—Destruc- Elul...... Aug. 19,20 tion of the Temple. Shebat....... Jan. 25 5640 A. M. Adar.......... Feb. 23, 24 Tishri...... Sept. 18, 19 New Year. " 11 March 6 Fast of Esther. " 4 Fast of Gedaliah. " 14, 15 " 9, 10 Purlm. " 10 44 27 Day of Atonement. Nissan......... " 25 [Passover. " 15, 16 Oct. 2, 3 Feast of Tabernacles. " 15, 16 April 8, 9 First two days of " 21 " 8 Hoshanna Rabba. Iyar....... " 23, 24 " 22 " 9 Feast of Eighth Day. " 18 May 11 Lag L'Omer. " 23 " 10 Feast of the Law. Sivan ...... " 23 Heshvan. " 17 " 6, 7 " 28, 29 Pentecost. Kislev.... Nov. 16 Tamuz..... June 21, 22 " 25 Dec. 10 Feast of Dedication. " 17 July 8 Fast of Tamuz. Tebet.... " 15, 16

Jewish Calendar for 1879.

Sovereigns of Europe, &c.

State. Sovereigns and their Titles. Date of Birth. Accession.
Austria Francis Joseph I., Emperor of 18 Aug. 1830 2 Dec. 1848
Baden Frederick, Grand Duke of 9 Sept. 1825 5 Sept. 1856
Bavaria Louis II, King of. 25 Aug. 1845 10 Mar. 1861
Belgium Leopold II., King of. 9 April, 1835 10 Dec. 1865
Brazil Pedro II, Emperor of. 2 Dec. 1825 7 April 1831
Denmark Christian IX., King of 8 April, 1818 15 Nov. 1863
Egypt Ismail Pasha, Khedive 26 Nov. 1816 18 Jan. 1863
Franco Marshal MacMahon, President 13 July, 1808 —May 1873
Germany William I., Emperor of 22 Mar. 1797 18 Jan. 1871
Great Britain Victoria, Queen of 24 May, 1819 20 June 1847
Greece George I King of the Greeks 24 Dec. 1845 6 June 1863
Hesse Darmstadt Louis III., Grand Duke of June, 1806 16 June 1848
Holland William III, King of 19 Feb. 1817 17 Mar. 1849
Italy Humburt, King or 1877
Mecklenburg Schwerin Frederic Frances, Grand Duke of 28 Feb. 1823 7 Mar. 1812
Mecklenburg Strelitz Frederic William, Grand Duke of 17 Oct. 1819 6 Sept. 1860
Oldenburg Nicolas, Grand Duke of. 8 July 1827 27 Feb. 1853
Persia Nasr-ed-dean, Shah 1830 —Oct. 1848
Portugal Louis I, King of 31 Oct. 1838 11 Nov. 1861
Rome Loe XIII., Pope 20 Feb. 1878
Russia Alexander II. Emperor of 29 April 1848 22 Mar. 1855
Saxe Coburg and Gotha Ernest II, Duke of 21 June 1818 29 Jan. 1844
Saxe Meiningen George, Duke of. 2 April 1826 20 Sept. 1866
Saxe Weimar Charles Alex'der. Grand Duke of 24 June 1818 8 July 1853
Saxony Albert, King of 23 April 1828 29 Oct. 1873
Spain Alfonso I 28 Nov. 1857 31 Dec 1874
Sweden and Norway. Oscar II., King of 21 Jan. 1829 18 Sept. 1872
Turkey Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of 22 Sept. 1842 31 Aug. 1876
United States(America Ruth'ford B. Hayes, President of 4 Mar. 1877
Wurtemburg Charles I., King of 6 Mar. 1823. 25 June 1864

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH D. H. D. H. D. H. First Qtr... 1 3:04 M. Full Moon.. 8 7:00 M. Full Moon .. 6 8:48 E. Full Moon.. 8 8:15 M. Last Qtr... 15 6:14 M. Last Qtr... 13 2:06 E. Last Qtr.... 14 10:47 E. New Moon.. 22 7:03 M. New Moon.. 20 11:15 E New Moon. 22 4:10 E. First Qtr... 30 6:56 M. First Qtr... 30 8:11 E. APRIL MAY JUNE D. H. D. H. D. H. Full Moon.. 6 5:30 E. Full Moon.. 6 1:18 M. Full Moon. 4 8:48 M. Last Qtr... 13 9:15 M. Last Qtr.... 12 9:42 E. Last Qtr.... 11 0:08 E. New Moon.. 21 9:01 M. New Moon .. 21 0:56 M. New Moon. 19 3:11 E. First Qtr.... 30 9:22 M. First Qtr.... 28 6:42 E. First Qtr... 27 1:08 M. JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER D. H. D. H Full Moon.. 2 2:24 M. D. H. Full Moon . 3 4:44 E. Last Qtr ... 9 9:21 E. Last Qtr ... 8 3:10 E. Last Qtr . 11 M. New Moon. 17 3:22 M. New Moon. 16 1:03 M. New Moo.... 19 4:12 M. First Qtr.... 24 10:24 M. First Qtr... 22 4:26 E. First Qtr.... 36 5:12 M. Full Moon.. 31 2:10 E. Full Moon. 30 4:23 M. OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER D. H. D. H. D. H. Last Qtr ... 8 8:79 M. Last Qtr.... 7 1:01 M. Last Qtr.... 6 9:49 E. New Moon.. 15 10:15 M. New Moon.. 13 7:45 E. New Moon. 13 6:10 M. First Qtr ... 22 1:25 M. First Qtr.... 20 1:55 E. First Qtr ... 20 6:21 M. Full Moon .. 29 9:15 E. Full Moon.. 28 4:02 E. Full Moon.. 28 11:21 M.

Phases of the Moon, 1879

Calendar.—Rising and Seting of Sun and Moon, &c. JANUARY. FEBRUARY. MARCH. APRIL, Day of Week. D. of M. Sun. Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clination Sun on Mer D. of M. Sun. Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clination Sun on Mer. D. of M. Sun. Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clination Sun on Mer. D. of M. Sun. Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clination Sun on Mer.

Calendar calculated for Lat. 45° N. Long. 4h. 46m. W.—1879.

Calendar.—Rising and Setting of Sun and Moon, &c. 7 MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUGUST. Day of Week. D. & M Sun Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clinatioin Sun on Mer. D. of M. Sun Moon Rises and Sets. Sun on Mer. Sun's D'clinatioin D. of M. Sun Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clinatioin Sun, on Mer. D. of M Sun Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clinatioin Sun on Mer.

Calendar calculated for Lat. 45° N. Long. 4h. 46in. W.-1879.

Calendar.—Rising and Seting of Sun and Moon, &c. SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Day of Week. D. of M. Sun. Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clination. Sun on Mer. D of M Sun. Moon Rises and Sets Sun's D'clination. Sun on Mer. D. of M. Sun. Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clination. Sun on Mer. D. of M. Sun. Moon Rises and Sets. Sun's D'clination. Sun on Mer.

Calendar Calculated for Lat. 45° N. Long. 4h. 46m. W.—1879