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ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS. 11
and setting of the Sun's upper limb, and duly allow for refraction. The practice of setting
time-pieces by the rising or setting of the Sun or Moon is not strictly correct, as the uneven-
ness of the Earth's sfirface and intervening objects, such as hills and forests, near the
points of rising and setting, occasion a deviation in every place from the time expressed in
the almanac, which time is adapted to a smooth, level horizon. The only means of keeping
correct time is by the use of a noon-mark or a meridian line.
LEAP-YEAR.
EVERY year, the number of which is divisible by 4 without a remainder is a leap-year,
except the last year of the century, which is a leap-year only when divisible by 400 without
a remainder. Thus the year 1900 will not be a leap-year.
SYMBOLS.
The Moon. Mars. 8 Opposition.
SMercury.2 Jupiter. 9 Ascending Node.
V Venus. ({ Saturn. 5 Descending Node.
Desenenus.de
d Conjunction. rn Quadrature.
CONJU7NOTIWON ON PLANTS, AND OTHER PHENO1WENA.*
Wash'n Distance I Wash'n Distance
S Aspect. Time, apart. Aspect. Time. apart.
D . . . I D. H. 1.
Jan. gr. elon. 1 5 30 e. 19 24 E. June. 2 8d Sun. 30 11 20 m.
" Sun in perigee 2 6 22m. [from Sun. July_ ' near c 2 2 16m. T 1 16N.
" S near 4 9 35m- 4 1 81W N Sun in apogee 3 3 9 m.
" a stationary 8 11 24 m. " 2 near 0 1610 57 m. 2 1 0 S.
I S near 12 2 S e. & 2398. " g gr. elon. 18 9 35 m. 45385E.fr.S.
S" ' near 18 11 11e. 016 IN. " near o 29 9 13m. 5 1 4 N.
" 6 near @ 21 2 Se. 9 1 25W. j Aug. 21 near ) 13 550m.: 2 132 S.
" 7 stationary 29 6 4 m" 1 8 gr. elon. 205 46 e. 27 3E.fr.S.
S 2 near 31 1 19e. 21 1 44 N." 'b near a) 253 5e. o 1 3 N.
Feb. S near 9 B 10 m. 155S. Sept. o stationary 3 5 5 m.
" stationary 9 1 48e. 1 8 stationary 3 9 1 e.
i stationary 10 4 15 m. [from Sun.! " stationary 7 10 52 m.
" U gr. elon. 10 10 34e. 26 1W. ' " near 10 0 5 m. 2 2 6 8.
, near 15 1133 m.' 036 N. " ' near o 21 851e. ' 114 N.
" 21 near 27 10 25e. 2 1 36 N. " u stationary 25 9 55e.
Mar. near, 0 8 259m.5 127 S. " Sun. 2;6 6 1 m.
" 2 nSun. 8 7 20 m: 2 9D E.: " n a Sun. 1210 34 e. ' 90 0 E.
" near 14 8 36 e. .5 0 59 N. Oct. a gr. elon. 3 5 24m. 1756W.f&.S
" u near o 27 1158 m.$ 1 10N. ' 2z near 0 7 419e. ;2 2868.
" 2 nSun. 80 047e. ' 90 OW. " 4 stationary 14 11 Oe.
April S near m 3 748e. 1586S.I " near C 117 6 58 e. 2 28.
T near o 11 347 m. 3 1 20 N, " near @ 19 426m.2 131 W.
" 2 stationary 19 232 m. [from Sun.! " 2 aSun. 22 0 5 e. 2 90 0 W.
" gr.elon 28 9383m. 2021 E.1 Nov. 2 near a 4 4 36m. 2 256 N.
" 2c near o 24 414 m. 2 0 37 N. i " ' 15 2 47 e. ' 0
May. S stationary 1 7 21 e. 1 " '2 near 15 385 e.j 149 N.
a stationary 4 346 e. . " near 3 16 8 38 m. & 1468.
" ' near 8 10 52 m. > 1 1N. 2 stationary 16 9 58 e.
S near n 12 551m. 2 158XN. Dec. 21 near 1 1 22 m. 21 2 8.
n 2 near 21 952 e. 2 0 S Ni " gr. elon. 6 1118 e. 4651Wfr.S.
t near 227 le. 119 N. " near 8 0 14 e. 9 1518.
" stationary 27 126 e. . " 5 near p 13 623 m.11 2 4 N.
June. ' near 4 6 32 e. i 1 28 N. " near (14 11 58 m.i 1 57 N.
" a gr. elon. 10 0 32 e. 2334W.fr.S. " a gr. elon. 15 8 - e.l 2022 E.
" 2. near 0 18 4 12e. 12 0 29 8. " stationary 2.23 1 34e. [from S.
S near 21 6 51e. 143 8.i " 2 near a i2 058e.2 241 .
" t I Sun. 26 7 37m. S 90 OF . " Sun in perigee i31 0 18 e.
* ubtfact I b. 23 m. from Washington time, to reduce it to Austin time.
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