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Show ECLIPSES, 1894. There will be four Eclipses this year, two each of the Sun and Moon, and a Transit of Mercury. I. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, March 21, visible west of the Rocky Mountains only, where the Moon sets with a very small eclipse upon its southern limb. Size, nearly 3 digits. Begins, San Francisco, 5 h. 15 m. morn. II. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, April 5, invisible in America. III. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 14-15, visible as a small eclipse upon the Moon's northern limb throughout North America. Boston. New-York. Washington. H. M. H. M. H. M. Eclipse begins 10 52 ev. 10 40 ev. 10 28 ev. Greatest Eclipse,.. .11 48 ev. 11 36 ev. 11 24 ev. Eclipse ends 15th .. 0 44 mo. 0 32 mo. 0 20 mo. IV. A Total Eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 29, invisible in America. V. A Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disk, Nov. 10, visible in the United States. Begins at Washington 10 h. 47 m. morn.; ends 4 h. 3 m. ev. MORNING AND EVENING STARS. VENUS, morn., from Feb. 16 to Nov. 30; ev., balance of year. MARS, morn., until June 27; ev., balance of year. JUPITER, morn., from June 4 to Sept. 1; ev., balance of year. SATURN, morn., until Jan. 19 and after Oct. 21; ev., balance of year. PLANETS BRIGHTEST. MERCURY, Feb. 21 and March 15, setting; after the Sun. MERCURY, April 13 and August 19, rising before the Sun. VENUS, Jan. 10 and March 22. MARS, Oct. 20. SATURN, April 11. JUPITER, Dec. 22. URANUS, May 3. MOVABLE FEASTS. Septuagesima Sun..Jan. 21 Sexagesima " ... " 28 Quinquagesima Sun. Feb. 4 Ash-Wednesday " 7 Quadragesima Sunday " 11 Mid-Lent Sunday " 25 Palm Sunday Mar. 18 Good Friday " 23 Roman Indiction 7 Julian Period 6607 Dionysian Period 223 Jewish Lunar Cycle 11 Dominical Letter G 23 Lunar Cycle (Golden No.) 14 Solar Cycle .. ..27 HIGH WATER AT PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. Easter Sunday Mar. 25 Low Sunday Apr. 1 Rogation Sunday " 29 Ascension Day May 3 Whit-Sunday (Pent.).. "13 Trinity " " 20 Corpus Christi "24 Advent Sunday Dec. 2? COLUMBUS BEFORE FERDINAND AND ISABELLA. |