The World Almanac and Book of FactsPress Publishing Company (The New York World), 1931 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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... called the moon's synodical period . If the earth were motionless in space the moon's orbit would be nearly an ellipse , having the earth in one of the foci ; hence the distance from the earth varies during the course of a lunar month ...
... called the moon's synodical period . If the earth were motionless in space the moon's orbit would be nearly an ellipse , having the earth in one of the foci ; hence the distance from the earth varies during the course of a lunar month ...
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... called Sol , is inserted be- tween June and July . Each month , and each week , begins with a Sunday , and ends with a Saturday . Inasmuch as 13 months of 28 days constitute only 364 days , Eastman suggests an extra day at the close of ...
... called Sol , is inserted be- tween June and July . Each month , and each week , begins with a Sunday , and ends with a Saturday . Inasmuch as 13 months of 28 days constitute only 364 days , Eastman suggests an extra day at the close of ...
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... called diamonds by the name Kin - Kang ; by the Greeks and Romans they were called Adamas , and were thus written of by Pliny . The South African diamond fields were discovered , near Kimberley , in 1866 , when a child picked up a stone ...
... called diamonds by the name Kin - Kang ; by the Greeks and Romans they were called Adamas , and were thus written of by Pliny . The South African diamond fields were discovered , near Kimberley , in 1866 , when a child picked up a stone ...
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