PAGE 62 Abstract of laws.. 36-41 41-43 Party platforms. 60,61 Votes Democratic Representatives' caucus. appropria Lists of tions Revenues and expenditures U. S.. Internal revenue receipts Foreign Immigration.. Bank and Currency Tables 66,67 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. Election tables, 1883 69-96 62 Electoral College of 1884.. 82 Principal Committees 98,99 1884-90 TRIBUNE ALMANAC FOR 1884. ECLIPSES. In the year 1884, which is a leap year, there will be five eclipses, three of the Sun and two of the Moon. I. A partial eclipse of the Sun, March 27th, invisible in America. The eclipse, which will be a small one, will be almost exclusively confined to Northern Europe. II. A total eclipse of the Moon, April 10th, partly visible in various parts of the United States before the Moon sets in the morning. The eclipse will be total on the Pacific Coast, in the Pacific Ocean and in Asia. The times of the various phases are as follows: III. A partial eclipse of the Sun, April 25th, invisible in America. The eclipse will be visible at the extreme points of South Africa and South America, and in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. IV. A total eclipse of the Moon, October 4th, partly visible in the Atlantic States when the Moon rises. The total phase of the eclipse ends at 5h. 49m. p. m., and the Moon leaves the shadow at 6h. 49m. p. m., standard Eastern time. The eclipse will be seen as a total eclipse in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Atlantic Ocean. V. A partial eclipse of the Sun, October 18th, visible only in Alaska and adjoining parts of North America, Northeastern Asia, and the extreme Northern Pacific Ocean. Mercury, February 14, June 12, October 4, rising just before the Sun; also January 4, April 25, August 23, and December 17, setting just after the Sun. Venus, June 3 and August 17. Mars, February 1. Jupiter, January 19. Saturn, December 12. Planetary Conjunctions. Venus will be in conjunction with Neptune March 27, with Saturn April 12, with the Sun (inferior) July 11, with Mercury July 12, with Jupiter October 6, with Regulus October 7, with Uranus November 4. Mars will be in conjunction with the Star Regulus May 31, with Neptune July 19, with Mercury December 4 and December 29. Jupiter will be in conjunction with Mercury July 23, with the Sun August 7, and with Venus October 6. Saturn will be in conjunction with Venus April 12, with the Sun June 3, with Mercury June 25. Uranus will be in conjunction with the Star Beta Virginis July 30. The Earth is in perihelion January 2, and aphelion June 30. No important occultations will be visible at Washington during the year. M191643 |