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An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is a regularly published listing of a set of current information about one or multiple subjects. [ 1] It includes information like weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, tide tables, and other tabular data often arranged according to the calendar.
916592596. The Old Farmer's Almanac is an almanac containing weather forecasts, planting charts, astronomical data, recipes, and articles. Topics include gardening, sports, astronomy, folklore, and predictions on trends in fashion, food, home, technology, and living for the coming year.
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.
The Old Farmer's Almanac: Predicts most Oklahomans (outside of the Panhandle) can expect a cold, snowy winter. It predicts our Panhandle residents' weather will be cold, but dry. Farmers' Almanac ...
Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1987, besides a tea kettle, TIPA, Dharamsala, India. In 1894, when it claimed more than a half-million "habitual users," The World Almanac changed its name to The World Almanac and Encyclopedia. This was the title it kept until 1923, when it became The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the name it bears today.
Enkhuizer Almanak (founded in 1595, and the oldest known copy of it dates back to 1596) Farmers' Almanac (1818–present) Kalnirnay – the world's largest yearly published almanac (1973–present) [ 2] The New York Times Almanac (1969–2011) Nieropper Almanak. O Verdadeiro Almanaque Borda D'Água (1929–present)
The most important early American almanacs were made from 1726-1775 by Nathaniel Ames of Dedham, Massachusetts. Many colonists sewed blank pages into their almanacs to keep a daily journal. Daily journal entries consisted of buildings being built, debt and spending, the death of neighbors, personal diaries, earthquakes, and weather.