The World Almanac and Book of FactsNewspaper Enterprise Association, 1914 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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... miles on board and dirt tracks and on the road . The EXCELSIOR is the only motor cycle that has ever attained a speed of 100 miles per hour and the story of its Supremacy in Speed and Endurance is in the records of every speed test of ...
... miles on board and dirt tracks and on the road . The EXCELSIOR is the only motor cycle that has ever attained a speed of 100 miles per hour and the story of its Supremacy in Speed and Endurance is in the records of every speed test of ...
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... miles , and from the earth is 238 , 850 miles . the least distance to which she can approach the earth is 221.520 miles . Her diameter is 2 , 162 of the sur- miles , and if we deduct from her distance from the earth the sum of the two ...
... miles , and from the earth is 238 , 850 miles . the least distance to which she can approach the earth is 221.520 miles . Her diameter is 2 , 162 of the sur- miles , and if we deduct from her distance from the earth the sum of the two ...
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... Miles . " 14732.420 87.96925 0.387099 0.466693 0.307505 35,951,105 5767.6696 224.70080 0.728260 0.718402 67.193,688 3548.192 365.25636 1886.5182 686.97987 1.016746 ) 0.983254 1.665877 1.381499 92,894,800 141,542,690 299.1256 4332.6284 ...
... Miles . " 14732.420 87.96925 0.387099 0.466693 0.307505 35,951,105 5767.6696 224.70080 0.728260 0.718402 67.193,688 3548.192 365.25636 1886.5182 686.97987 1.016746 ) 0.983254 1.665877 1.381499 92,894,800 141,542,690 299.1256 4332.6284 ...
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... miles . Velocity of light , 186,320 miles per second . Light travels unit of distance - viz . 92,894,800 miles in 498.566 seconds . Length of the Year - Tropical ( equinox to equinox ) , 365.2421988 days . Sidereal or absolute ...
... miles . Velocity of light , 186,320 miles per second . Light travels unit of distance - viz . 92,894,800 miles in 498.566 seconds . Length of the Year - Tropical ( equinox to equinox ) , 365.2421988 days . Sidereal or absolute ...
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... Miles , Per Sq . Mile . CONTI- NENTAL DIVISIONS , Australasia . Europe .. Polar Reg ... Total .. INHABITANTS . Area in Square Miles . Number . Per Sq . Mile . 3.456,290 8.000.000 2.31 300,000 0.05 57.64.102 1,732,000,000 30 11.513,579 ...
... Miles , Per Sq . Mile . CONTI- NENTAL DIVISIONS , Australasia . Europe .. Polar Reg ... Total .. INHABITANTS . Area in Square Miles . Number . Per Sq . Mile . 3.456,290 8.000.000 2.31 300,000 0.05 57.64.102 1,732,000,000 30 11.513,579 ...
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