The World Almanac and Book of FactsNewspaper Enterprise Association, 1919 The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US published reference work and conveys information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, sports feats, etc. It has been published yearly from 1868 to 1875, and again every year since 1886. The first edition of The World Almanac was published by The New York World newspaper in 1868 (the name of the publication comes from the newspaper itself, which was known as The World). Published just three years after the end of the US Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, its 120 pages of information touched on such events as the process of Reconstruction and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Publication was suspended in 1876, but in 1886 newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who had purchased The New York World and quickly transformed it into one of the most influential newspapers in the country, revived The World Almanac with the intention of making it a compendium of universal knowledge. The World Almanac has been published annually since. |
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Page 14
... north , and the Adige , Plave , and the Taglia- south . This line goes by the Col du Brenner and includes the Sexten Valley and the Height of hin the Italian Frontiers ; the Serb - Croat - Slovene Kingdom line to be improved at a future ...
... north , and the Adige , Plave , and the Taglia- south . This line goes by the Col du Brenner and includes the Sexten Valley and the Height of hin the Italian Frontiers ; the Serb - Croat - Slovene Kingdom line to be improved at a future ...
Page 33
... north if the sun bears south , or south if the sun bears north . Place the sun's true declination under the zenith distance , and if they are both of one name their sum will be the latitude ; but if of different names , ( I. c . , one ...
... north if the sun bears south , or south if the sun bears north . Place the sun's true declination under the zenith distance , and if they are both of one name their sum will be the latitude ; but if of different names , ( I. c . , one ...
Page 52
... north point of the moon toward the east . is 59 ° from the north point toward the west . East contact 2. A partial eclipse of the sun , May 18 , invisible in the United States . Visible generally throughout Australia and the Indian ...
... north point of the moon toward the east . is 59 ° from the north point toward the west . East contact 2. A partial eclipse of the sun , May 18 , invisible in the United States . Visible generally throughout Australia and the Indian ...
Page 65
... North- east Storm Warning - A red pennant above a square red flag with black centre displayed by day , or two red lanterns , one above the other , displayed by night , indicate the approach of a storm of marked violence with winds ...
... North- east Storm Warning - A red pennant above a square red flag with black centre displayed by day , or two red lanterns , one above the other , displayed by night , indicate the approach of a storm of marked violence with winds ...
Page 110
... North Conway . Plymouth . Sandwich Notch , Campton . Shelburne . Sunapee .... Swanzey Altitudes in the United States - Continued . Fect . Mountains . 10,345 Davies .. 7,604 Desatoya . 4,319 Desert Creek . 4,389 Diamond . 4,241 Egan Pass ...
... North Conway . Plymouth . Sandwich Notch , Campton . Shelburne . Sunapee .... Swanzey Altitudes in the United States - Continued . Fect . Mountains . 10,345 Davies .. 7,604 Desatoya . 4,319 Desert Creek . 4,389 Diamond . 4,241 Egan Pass ...
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