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THE

AMERICAN ALMANAC,

FOR THE YEAR

1861,

Being the latter part of the 85th, and the beginning of the 86th year of the Independence of the United States of America;

the 6574th year of the Julian Period;

the latter part of the 5621st, and the beginning of the 5622d year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2614th year (according to Varro) since the foundation of

Rome;

the 2608th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been as-
signed to Wednesday, the 26th of February, of the 3967th
year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to
the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astrono-
mers, to the 746th year before the birth of Christ;

the 2637th year of the Olympiads, or the first year of the 660th
Olympiad, beginning in July, 1861, if we fix the era of the
Olympiads at 775 years before Christ, or at or about the
beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period;
the latter part of the 1277th, and the beginning of the 1278th
year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Ma-
homet, which, as is generally supposed, took place on the 16th
of July, in the year 622 of the Christian era.

6 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. Quadrature, or differing 90° in

8 Opposition, or differing 180° in

The ascending, & the descending node.

The sign is prefixed to the latitude, or declination, of the Sun, or other heavenly body, when north, and the sign when south. The letters MA, m. a., denote Morning and Afternoon.