The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year

THE

AMERICAN ALMANAC,

FOR THE BISSEXTILE YEAR

1848,

Being the latter part of the 72d, and the beginning of the 73d year of the Independence of the United States of America;

the 6561st year of the Julian Period;

the latter part of the 5608th, and the beginning of the 5609th year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2601st year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome;

the 2595th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been
assigned to Wednesday, the 26th of February of the 3967th
year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to
the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astron-
omers, to the 746th year, before the birth of Christ;
the 2624th year of the Olympiads, or the fourth year of the
656th Olympiad, beginning in July, 1848, if we fix the era
of the Olympiads at 775 years before Christ, or at or
about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian
Period;

the latter part of the 1264th, and the beginning of the 1265th
year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of
Mahomet, which, as is generally supposed, took place on
the 16th of July, in the year 622 of the Christian era.

Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension.
Quadrature, or differing 90° in

8 Opposition, or differing 180° in

The ascending, U the descending node.

The sign

is prefixed to the latitude, or declination, of the Sun, or other heavenly body, when north, and the sign when south; but the former prefixed to the hourly motion of the Moon in latitude, indicates that she is approaching, and the latter that she is receding from, the north pole of the ecliptic.

The letters M. A., m. a., denote Morning and Afternoon.