INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Richard A. McCurdy, President.

Head Offices, Nassau, Cedar, Liberty Streets

Assets over $240,000,000

Twenty-Year Distribution Policy

on continuous life and limited payment plans. This affords the maximum of security at the minimum of cost; Endowment Life Option Policy provides a guarantee income, a secure investment, and absolute protection; Five Per Cent. Debentures

provides the best and most effective forms of investment, indemnity and fixed annual income to survivors;

Continuous Instalment Policy

so adjusts the payment of the amount insured as to create a fixed income during the life of the beneficiary.

For detailed information concerning these exclusive forms of insurance policies apply at any of the Company's authorized agencies, which may be found in every city and town of the United States.

FOR 1898.

75350

HENRY ECKFORD RHOADES, Editor.

ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS.

(Prepared expressly for The Tribune Almanac by Berlin H. Wright, Penn Yan, N. Y.) ECLIPSES.

lows:

There will be six eclipses this year, three of each, the sun and moon, as fol

I. A partial eclipse of the moon, January 7, visible in the United States as follows:

II. A total eclipse of the sun, January 22, invisible in America.
A partial eclipse of the moon, July 3, invisible in America.

III.

IV.

An annular eclipse of the sun, July 18, invisible in North America.

V. A partial eclipse of the sun, December 12-13, visible in the Antarctic regions. VI. A total eclipse of the moon, December 27, visible throughout the United States, as follows:

SUPERIOR PLANETS, EAST OR WEST, OF THE SUN.

WEST.

Mars, all the year.
Jupiter, until March 25, and after Oct. 13.
Saturn, until May 30, and after Dec. 6.
Uranus, until May 22, and after Nov. 25.
Neptune, from June 13 to December 15.

EAST.

Mars, not this year.

Jupiter, from March 25 to October 13.
Saturn, from May 30 to December 6.
Uranus, from May 22 to November 25.
Neptune, until June 13, and after Dec. 15.

Day.

Jan.
Eve.
H.M.S.

TABLE I.

MEAN TIME OF SIDEREAL NOON, OR MERIDIAN PASSAGE OF THE VERNAL EQUINOX AT WASHINGTON, D. C., FOR 1898.

(For other places, add 9.83 seconds for each hour of longitude east of Washington, and subtract the same for each hour west

March.
Eve.

Dec.

of Washington.)

Eve.

H. M. S.

H.M.S.

H.M. S.

5:13:40 3:11:47
5:09:44 3:07:51
5:05:48 3:03:55

9:21:51

4:30:24

13.

4:26:28

8:34:40

H.M.S.
H.M. S.
1:21:41 11:19:48
5:22:00
11:16:21
1:17:45 11:16:52 9:17:55 7:16:02 5:18:04 3:16:11 1:14:18 11:12:25
1:13:49 11:12:56 9:13:59 7:12:06 5:14:08 3:12:15 1:10:22 11:08:29
5:01:52 2:59:59 1:09:53 11:08:00 9:09:03 7:08:10 5:10:12 3:08:19 1:06:26 11:04:33
4:57:56 2:56:03 1:05:58 11:04:05 9:06:07 7:04:14 5:06:17 3:04:23 1:02:30 11:00:37
4:54:00 2:52:07 1:02:02 11:00:09 9:02:11 7:00:18 5:02:21 3:00:27 0:58:34 10:56:41
4:50:04 2:48:11 0:58:06 10:56:13 8:58:15 6:56:22 4:58:25 2:56:31 0:54:38 10:52:45
4:46:08 2:44:15 0:54:10 10:52:17 8:54:19 6:52:26 4:54:29 2:52:35 0:50:42 10:48:49
4:42:12 2:40:19 0:50:14 10:48:21 8:50:23 6:48:30 4:50:33 2:48:40 0:46:46 10:44:53
4:38:16 2:36:24 0:46:18 10:44:25 8:46:28 6:44:35 4:46:37 2:44:44 0:42:51 10:40:58
4:34:20 2:32:28 0:42:22 10:40:29 8:42:32 6:40:39 4:42:41 2:41:48 0:39:55 10:37:02
2:28:32 0:38:26 10:36:33 8:38:36 6:36:43 4:38:45 2:37:52 0:35:59 10:33:06
2:24:36 0:34:30 10:32:37
6:32:47 4:34:49 2:33:56 0:31:03 10:29:10
2:20:40 0:30:34 10:28:42
6:28:51 4:30:53 2:29:00 0:27:07 10:25:14
2:16:44
6:24:55 4:26:58 2:25:04 0:23:11 10:21:18
2:13:48 0:22:43 10:21:50 8:22:52 6:20:59 4:23:02 2:21:08 0:19:15 10:17:22
2:09:52 0:18:46 10:17:54 8:18:56 6:17:03 4:19:06 2:17:12 0:15:18 10:13:26
4:06:48 2:05:56 0:14:50 10:13:58 8:15:01 6:13:07 4:15:10 2:13:16 0:11:23 10:09:30
4:02:52 2:01:00 0:10:54 10:09:02 8:11:05 6:09:11 4:11:14 2:09:20 0:07:27
3:58:58 1:57:04 0:06:59 10:05:06 8:07:09 6:05:15 4:07:18 2:05:25 0:03:32
10:01:10 8:03:13 6:01:19 4:03:22 2:01:29 Eve.
9:57:14 7:59:17 5:57:23 3:59:26 1:57:33 11:51:39
9:53:18 7:55:21 5:53:27 3:55:30 1:53:37 11:47:43
9:49:22 7:51:25 5:49:31 3:51:34 1:49:41 11:43:47
9:45:26 7:47:29 5:45:36 3:47:38 1:45:45 11:39:56
9:41:30 7:43:33 5:41:40

29.

30..

31..

3:23:35
3:19:39
3:15:43

11:23:44

11:39:28 9:37:34 7:39:37 5:37:44
11:35:32 9:33:38 7:35:41 5:33:48
11:31:36 9:29:42 7:31:45 5:29:52
11:27:40 9:25:47 7:27:50 5:25:56
7:23:54

3:39:46

1:38:53 11:32:04

9:34:07

7:32:14 5:34:16

3:35:50

1:34:57 11:28:08

9:30:11

7:28:18

5:30:20

3:31:54

1:30:02 11:24:12

9:26:15

7:24:22

5:26:24

3:27:59 1:26:06 11:20:17 3:24:03 1:22:10

TABLE II.

TIMES OF UPPER MERIDIAN PASSAGE OF POLARIS, OR NORTH STAR, 1898.

Surveyors and civil engineers may obtain the variation of the magnetic needle for any place in the United States by directing
their compass to the North Star (Polaris) when it is upon the meridian, as given in the table below, for the upper culmination;
or 11 hours 58 minutes 2 seconds, before or after, when the star is on the lower meridian. Exact local time is used in the table, and the
timepiece used must be correct, and the bearing of the star taken promptly on time, and that bearing will be the true variation of
the needle. An error of only a few seconds in the timepiece will vitiate the bearing found; therefore, it will be much better to
take the bearing when the star is furthest east or west, at its greatest elongation, as observations made upon it then are not affected