Portal:Almanacs
An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar etc. Astronomical data and various statistics are also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, lists of all types, timelines, and more. Currently published almanacs have expanded their scope and contents beyond that of their historical counterparts. Modern almanacs include a comprehensive presentation of statistical and descriptive data covering the entire world.
Modern almanacs
[edit]- CIA World Fact Book, 2004
Reference works
[edit]- "Almanack," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
- "Almanac," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Almanac," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Almanac," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Almanacs," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Almanac," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
- "Almanac," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)