The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1906 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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... called into being . To build it an entirely new order of ability had to be called into play . The problemi was worked out by the engineers , for to the old craft of the artisan had to be added the knowledge of the bridge - builder and ...
... called into being . To build it an entirely new order of ability had to be called into play . The problemi was worked out by the engineers , for to the old craft of the artisan had to be added the knowledge of the bridge - builder and ...
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... called a Sidereal Day , and is inva able , while the interval between two consecutive transits of the Sun over any meridian is called Apparent Solar Day , and its length varies from day to day by reason of the variable motion of t earth ...
... called a Sidereal Day , and is inva able , while the interval between two consecutive transits of the Sun over any meridian is called Apparent Solar Day , and its length varies from day to day by reason of the variable motion of t earth ...
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... called the moon's synodical period If the earth were mo- tionless in space the moon's orbit would be nearly an ellipse having the earth in one of the foci bence her distance from the earth varies during the course of a lunar month Her ...
... called the moon's synodical period If the earth were mo- tionless in space the moon's orbit would be nearly an ellipse having the earth in one of the foci bence her distance from the earth varies during the course of a lunar month Her ...
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