THE New-Hampshire Register AND POLITICAL MANUAL FOR THE YEAR 1870. Containing a Business Directsry of the State. COMPILED BY CEO. E. JENKS. The publishers announce that they have purchased the copy- No. 14-contains the vote by towns for President, 1868; Members lectmen, Town-clerks, Clergymen, Physicians, CONCORD: PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY MCFARLAND AND JENKS, ALMANAC FOR 1870. There will be six Eclipses this year-four of the Sun and two of the Moon. First, total eclipse of the Moon, Jan. 17; invisible in N. E. Second, eclipse of the Sun, Jan. 31; invisible in N. E. Third, eclipse of the Sun, June 28; invisible in our hemisphere. Fourth, a total eclipse of the Moon, July 12; invisible to us. Fifth, very small eclipse of the Sun, July 28 ; invisible to us. Sixth, total eclipse of the Sun, December 22; invisible to us. MORNING AND EVENING STAR. VENUS will be Evening Star till Feb. 28; then Morning Star till Dec. 8; then Evening Star to the end of the year. March the 12th MARS will be in conjunction with the SUN; it will then become Evening Star for the remainder of the year. Dominical Letter, Solar Cycle, CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. B Roman Indiction, 13 6583 5630 pact (Moon's age Jan. 1), 28 Mohammedan Era (May 16), 1286) Age of the World (Mosaic, 5874; by Geology, millions of ages. BEGINNING OF THE SEASONS. Vernal Equinox-Spring begins March 20th, 8h. 30m. evening. Summer Solstice-Summer begins June 21st, 5h. 4m evening. Autumnal Equinox-Autun begins Sept. 22d, 7h. 27m. morn. Winter Solstice-Winter begins Dec. 21st, 1h. 42m. morning. DURATION OF THE SEASONS. Sun in Winter signs, 89d. Oh.48m. Tropical year, 365d. 5h. 48m. 49s. Sun in Spring sigus. 92d: 2011.34m. Sun N. Equator, 185d.9h. 35m. 6s. Sun in Sum'r signs, 93d. 14h. 23m. Sun S. Equator, 178d. 20h. 14m. Sun in Aut'n signs, 89d. 18h. 4m. Difference, 6d. 13h. 21m. 23s. PERIGEE AND APOGEE OF THE SUN. Perigee, January 1st-distance from the earth, 93,729,893 miles. Apogee, July 1st-distance from the earth, 96,839.378 miles. The longitudes of the following places are counted west from Greenwich, while the differences of time refer to Boston, and added to, and subtracted from Boston time. Place. 5 N. Lat. W.Lon. Difference 17 Bangor, Portland, " 43 40 79 15 Brunswick," Concord, N. H.. Dover, Montpelier, Vt.. 135216 9 Boston, Mass. Worcester," Newport, R. I.. New-York City.. |