4 I IS5~; ~'< _". ,~(at'i.:,1i/!il~1t<I\~)jf"'-~l>f.l-'o'1fl,~.~~ BEING LEAP YEAR, AND THE LATTER .PART OF . FIFTEENTH Ai-m THE BEGINNINiG OF THE SIXTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. Calculated for HALIFAX, in Lat. 44" 39' 20" N Long. 63° 36' 40" West from Gl'eenwic~, and for any,part of the Ptovince, including the lsl:~n~~~·<;~~~ Breton. ! 12 BELCHER'S FARbIER'S' 1852'1 SIGNS OF THE PLANETS, &c. I I@ 0 The Sun ~ Mercury ,,¥ Ceres , ,i41 The Earlh !? Venus;U Jupiter I. New Moon C! Mars lz Saturn b, Full Moon ~ Vesta , ,J,lI HerschelorUranus II}) First Quarter' Juno 1« Last Quarter Pallas 16 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or RighlAscension'l o Quadrature, or differing 90° in" " " I 0 8 Opposition, or differing 180 ," "" Q 'fhe ascending, ~ the descendmg, node. I SIGNS Ql<', THE ZODIAC., . I 'I "l' ~ 1. Of Aries head Aut ~ 7.::Q: LIbra rems I ~prmg 2. g Taurus neck " . 8. lI'\. Scorpio secrets[ 1 sIgns. 3. 0 Gemini arms sIgns. 9. t Sagittarius thi, . " ~ 4. ~ Cancer breast W'n ~,IO. VJ Capricornus Im Summer 5 n Leo heart . I. 11. ~ Aquarius legs'l • • \)\.1 sIgns. ' sIgns. 6. ~ Virgo bowels 12. )( PIsces feel, The leUers M. A., m. a., denote morning and afternoon. j i N. North. E. East. '" Degrees. , I S. South. W. West. I Minutes. I/Seconds. I CHRONOLOGICAL CYLES, FOR 1852. IGolden NU'mber ........ 10 I Julian Period ....••.... 65, ~5 , Epact ................. 9 Mundane Era ......... 58;)5 1 Solar Cycle ............ 13 , Jewish year ......... 56121 Dominical Letter ... D & C II Mahomedan Year ..... " 1268 Roman Indiction. .. .., 10 , EMBER DAYS. ' I March 3, 5 & 6. I September 15, 17 & 18 I June 2, 4 & 5. December 15, 17 & 18. i . Rogation Days, May 17, 18, 19. I BEGINNING AND LENGTH. OF THE SEASONS. I H. M. Sunenters VJ (Winter begins) Decr.22, 1851,at 5 15 M'I <1>,)( j " " Of (Spring begins) March 20, ]852, at 6 28;M. I .~ ~ I" " ~(Summerbegins)June21, 1852, at 3 ]5, M. ~ c::«i " '."., ·~lA~tumn begins) Sept.22, 1852, at 5 27, A. i ~ tI: I "...•• '.:. 1'9rW;'nter begin~) Dec),. 21, 1852,at 10 59,M.) ~ ':;j I "'; ,": D. H •. M. I' Length of the 'tt~ter of 1851-52, 89 1 13- II " " "~.ng of 1852, --- 112 20 47 • " " "SaiOOJer of 1852, -- 93 14 12' I,.". " "Auwmn &f 1852 _ _ _ 89 1:7 32 I::.'l;,~th ~~ the Trop~~rYear; commencing at ~ __' __ ' ~~'.W lllt.er Sols.tl/}(o,'.1,'1851, and terminating 365 5 44 ,<*t.t~e ,W lllter~S1l!gtlCe, ] 852, _ _ _ _ \~eal\; or ,average length of the Tropical Year, 365 5 4Sj 11852.. ALMANACK. 3 .\ . FIX~~ AND MOVEABLE FEAS:rS, ANNIVERSA~IES, &c. ., '\ClrcumC1S\on ...••• '" . Jan. 1 Pnncess Helena,o. 46 May 25 'Epiphany ........... - 6 Rest. K.Chas. II..... -- 29 : Martyrdom K. Charle~ I. - 30 J?entecost-Whit Sun. -- 30 septuagesima Sunday •. Feb. 8 Trinity Sunday ...•• .• June 6 Sexagesima Sunday .••• -- 15 Corpus Chi-isti ••••.. -- 10 IiQuinq. or Shrove Sun. -- 25 Accession Q. Vict. '37 -- 20 , .Ash Wednesday...... -- 25 St. JohnBaptist- ~ 24 ' :lst Sunday inLent .••• -- 29 Midsummer day S-- !St. Dav!d .........• March 1 Coronation Q. Victorilj..-- 281 : St. Patrick ..•...•... -- J7 St. Peter & St. Paul .• -- 29 :Princess LOl:lisa b. '48 -- 1~1Pr. Alfred b. 1844 .••. Aug. 6 !Annunci.ationI B. V. M ( __ 251~rinc~ Albert~.1819 .. -- 261 ,Lady Day ........ S St. MlC\lael-MIchael- (Se t 29 ' !Falll!. SU'1J,day •. ... April 4 .mas uay . S p I1 :Good Friday ........ -- 9\AlI Saint's Day ...... Nov. 11 'EASTER. Sl.rNDAY .... -- 11 Gunpowder Plot .... -- 5 iLow Sunday ........ -- is/Prince of Wales, b. '41 --. 9 I ist. George ........ " -- 23 Princess R{)yal, b. '40 -- 21 . Princess Alice, b. 1843 -- 25 1st Sunday in Advent -- 28 Pr. Mth. W m. Patrick ~ MISt. Andrew ........ -- 30 Albert, b. 1850.. S ay St. Thomas ...... , .• Dec. 21 Rogation Sunday ••. • ,. -- 16 CHRIS'1"MAS DAy ..... -- 25 'IAsce~sio!~ Day, ...... -- 20 St. Stephen ......... _. - 26 : Q. VIctOria .oorn,. J819, -- 24 St; JOhn: gvang ...... -- 2711 ECLIPSES IN 1852. I Th'ere wB! be SiX Eclipses this year-THREE of tbe SUN, aml THREE of the MOON.· . l I. January 6 & 7.-A total Eclipse of the M·oon. H. M. First contact with the Penumbra, 6th, 11 6, A. ) First contact with theSbadow, 7th, ':0 6. M. I Meantime Middle of the Eclipse - ," - - - 1 56. M. )- at Last Contact with the: Shadow - - - 3 45. M. I Halifax. Last Contact with the Penumbra - - 4 45. M. ) Magnitude of the Eclipse on the Moon's Northern limb 1;667, the M'oon's diameter being 1. I II. January 21.-A partial Eclipse ot the Sun, invisible in' No.rth and South America, but will be visible in the SOMhern11 Ocean Lat. 68° 59' South, and Long. 1240 24' East • . III. June 17.-A partial Eclipse of the.Sun, ~Tlvisible in North. America, but may be seen!n the regIons .8ib?ut .t~e S.outh Po~e'l ., IV. July J.-A total Eclipse ofthe Moof1,.tntltstble In Amerl\)d'i, '~hut will be seen in Asia, Africa, aud N~w Holland. .. I' ,. V. December 10 & 11. Ato~alEchp8eofthe Sun, beRJJi>/ll!1gi Deer. 10th, 9h. 12m. a., and enchng Decr. 1 Ith, lh. 40m. m.j tn-I :., visible in t~e Briti~h Pl'Ovinces, b~t may be see~ in the Eastern., ~ art orAsla, and m.fhe North PaCific Ocean. r .{),~ , - 4 BELCHER'S 'FARMER'S 1852. VI. December 26.-A partial Eclipse ?f the Moon, the be­ ginning of which only will be visible at Halifax. ' H. 111. First COQtact with the Penumbra, - 6 O. l\f. I First Contact with the Shadow, . - 7 ]9. M. I Meantime Middle of the Eclipse - ,- - - - - 8 48. M. r at Last contact with the Shadow - 10 17. M. I Halifax; Last contact with the Penumbra -- 11 36. M.) , VENUS will be the Evening Star until July 21. After which she will be the Morning Star to the end of the year. MARS will be the Evening Star during ~he year. JUPITER will be the Morning Star until May 8.. After whlCh it will be the Evening Star until Nov.21. It will then be thei Morning Star to the end of .the year.., " l SATURN will be the Evemng StUI' untt! Api'll 27. After wh!chi it,)Vili be tbe Moming Star until Nov. 3, thence the Evemng Star to the close of the year: . , I Owing to a remarkable adjustment of the times m whICh the, Moon's synodical revolution, ,and th,a t of her nodes ar~ performed,1 eclipses return after a certam penod, very nearly m the samej order and qfthe same magnitude. In IS years there are usuallYI about 70 eclipses; 29 of the Moon, 41 of the Sun; or nearly as ' two to three. Seven is the greatest number of Eclipses that can occur in all year, and two the least. If there are.seven,jive mllst be of the: Sun, and two of the Moon. If there be only two, both must bel of the Sun; for in every year there are at least two solar eclipses. There never can be more than three lunar eclipses in a year; andl in some years none at all. Though the number of solar eClipses'1 is greater absolutely than of lunar, in the ratio of three to two, yet there ani more lunar than solar eclipses visible in anyl Iparticular place; because while a lunar eclipse is visible to an! lentire hemisphere, a solar eclipse is only viaible to a particular! part, and sometimes to a very small part. A lunar eclipse isl visible \0 an entire hemisphere, by reason of the larger shadowl ~nd gre~ter proximity o.f ~he earth, and t.he ~onsequent largerll ImmerSIOn of the Moon m Its shadow, whIch IS far broader than the lunar diameter. A solar e,clipse is only visible to a particularl part, on a~count of the Moon's shadow immersing only a very small portIOn of the e\lrth's surface by reason of the comparative. smallness of the Moon. The lunar shadow traVerses the earthl at the I'ate of about IS30 miles an hour. Central or total solar, eclipses are pheil.omena tarelyobseryed ; for although there ,ate. about 2S.such eclipses in every period of ]S years, yet the space: lover which anyone of them appears to be central is but 'a' Inarrow belt of the 'earth's enlightened hemisphere in sdme Case's :scarcely more than a there 'mathematical Hne: Sometimes, '[1802. ALMANACK. 5 through the refracting e.ffect of the earth's atmosphere, the Sun ,and. Moon are both so elf!vated, as to be at the same time Ivisible above t~.e horizon during a total eclipse of the Moon. ! 1\ EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR PAGES. LEFT HAND PAGE. Column. 1 & 2.-Contain the days of the month and of the week. S &. 4.-The rising and setting in mean time of the highest point, or, or the upper limb of the Sun, corrected for refractioD. 5.-Days length in hours and minutes. 6.-Equation of Time (or quantity by which the SUD is slow or . fast .'\,f the clock at noon, apparent, not mean, time a Greenwich, or at a quarter before eight o'clock in the m()ming at Halifax. I 7.-The Sun'. declination for the same as the Equation, 6th col. B.-The rising or setting of the Moon-the setting being given from theNew to the Full Moon, and the rising from Full to New Moon, 9.-The place of the Moon in the Ecliptic.