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A nineteenth-century print based on Poor Richard's Almanack, showing the author surrounded by twenty-four illustrations of many of his best-known sayings. On December 28, 1732, Benjamin Franklin announced in The Pennsylvania Gazette that he had just printed and published the first edition of The Poor Richard, by Richard Saunders, Philomath. [4]
The earliest known almanac in this modern sense is the Almanac of Azarqueil written in 1088 by Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Latinized as Arzachel) in Toledo, al-Andalus. The work provided the true daily positions of the sun, moon and planets for four years from 1088 to 1092, as well as many other related tables.
The Farmers' Almanac, published since 1818 in Morristown, New Jersey, later in Newark, New Jersey, since 1955 by the Almanac Publishing Company in Lewiston, Maine. The Farmer's almanac, for the year of our Lord 1819 ... calculated for the meridian of Philadelphia by Andrew Beers (1749-1824), published by S. Potter & Co.
Old Farmer's Almanac (1792–present) Schott's Almanac; A Sound Word Almanac (2023) [3] TIME Almanac with Information Please, formerly Information Please Almanac (1947–2013) Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998 [4] and 1999 [5]) Whitaker's Almanack (1868–present) The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868–1876, 1886–present) Almanaque Abril ...
In 2003, The Old Farmer's Almanac distributed a 32-page Almanac Just For Kids. [45] The positive response [ 45 ] led to the release of The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids in 2005, and the Almanac launched Almanac4kids.com. [ 46 ] This site is dedicated to content for younger readers, their parents, and teachers, featuring interactive activities ...
Farmers' Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818. Published by Geiger of Lewiston, Maine , the Farmers' Almanac provides long-range weather predictions for both the U.S. and Canada.
Robert Bailey Thomas (April 24, 1766 - May 19, 1846), also spelled Robert Bayley Thomas, was an American who created, and for a long time published, the Old Farmer's Almanac. Thomas was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, served for a time as a schoolteacher and then bookbinder and book seller. In 1792 he began his almanac which he continued to ...
It is currently the oldest almanac still published by the direct descendants of the founder, [1] being edited by the great-great-great-great great grandson of John Gruber, Charles W. Fisher, Jr. [2] From 1969 to 2019, Bill O'Toole, a retired math professor, was the almanac's "weather prognosticator", using both solar and lunar charting as well ...