PICTORIAL CULTIVATOR ALMANAC. 3 
EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES FOR 1852. 
EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES. 
LONDON. 
BOSTON. 
WASHINGTON. 
CINCINNATI. 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
Vernal Equinox ...March . 
Summer Solstice. . .June . 
Autumnal Equinox. September . 
Winter Solstice - December .. 
D. H. M. 
20 10 42 mo. 
21 7 29 mo. 
22 9 41 ev. 
21 3 13 ev. 
D. H. M. 
20 5 58 mo. 
21 2 45 mo. 
22 4 57 ev. 
21 10 29 mo. 
D. H. M. 
20 5 34 mo. 
21 2 21 mo. 
22 4 33 ev. 
21 10 5 mo. 
D. H. M. 
20 5 4 mo. 
21 1 51 mo. 
22 4 3 ev. 
21 9 35 mo. 
D. H. M. 
20 2 34 mo. 
20 11 21 ev. 
22 1 33 ev. 
21 7 5 mo. 
When it is noon in London, it is 6h. 52m. in the morning at Washington; and when it is noon at Washington, 
it is 5h. 8m. in the evening at London. 
TABLE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 
Names 
Mean di¬ 
ameter in 
Eng.miles. 
Mean distance 
from the Sun. 
Time of revolu¬ 
tion round the 
Sun. 
Light and 
heal, earth 
being 1. 
The Sun.. 
683,246 
D. H. M. s. 
Mercury . 
3,224 
37,000,000 
87 23 15 43 
‘"6.67”’ 
Venus.... 
7,657 
68,000,000 
224 16 49 10 
1.91 
The Earth 
7,912 
95,000,000 
365 6 9 12 
1. 
The Moon 
2,130 
95,000,000 
365 6 9 12 
1. 
Mars .... 
4,169 
144,000,000 
6S6 23 30 35 
0.43 
Vesta .... 
23S 
224,340,600 
1,325 11 3S 24 
Tris. 
unknown. 
226,000,000 
1,327 23 22 4l 
Hebe..... 
«c 
230,000,000 
1,375nearly ... 
Flnra. 
tc 
240,000,000 
1,469 18 37 19 
Astrea ... 
246,000,000 
1,512 nearly ... 
0.16 
JllOO 
1,425 
253,598,700 
1,593 1 36 28 
Ceres .... 
160 
263,236,450 
1,684 17 38 24 
Pallas- 
110 
265,000,000 
1,686 7 19 12 
Jupiter... 
89,170 
490,000,000 
4,332 14 27 10 
0.037 
Saturn ... 
79,042 
900,000,000 
10,759 1 51 11 
0.011 
Uranus... 
35,112 
i,soo,ooo,ooo 
30,686 19 41 32 
0.003 
Nept une.. 
35,000 
2,850,000,000 
60,128 3 20 02 
0.001 
TIDE TABLE. 
CHIEFLY FROM THE TABLE IN BOWDITCH’s NAVIGATOR. 
The Calendar pages exhibit the time of high water at 
New York, Elizabethtown Point, and New London. 
To find the time of high water at any of the following 
places, add to or substract from the time of high water 
at New York, as follows: (A signifies that the annexed 
quantity of time is to be added, S subtracted)—For 
H. M. 
Amelia Harbor, . S 0 24 
Ann, Cape, . A 2 36 
Annapolis, . A 2 6 
Anticosti Island,west t nd S 5 24 
St. Augustine, . S 1 24 
mock Island,. S 117 
H. M. 
Machias, . A 2 6 
Marblehead, . A 2 30 
May, Cape, . S 0 9 
Mount Desert, . A 2 6 
New Bedford, . S 1 17 
Newburyport,.-A 2 21 
Boston . A 2 36 
Canso, Cape, . S 0 24 
Charles, Cape,..S 1 29 
Charleston Bar,.S 1 39 
Cod, Cape,.A 2 36 
Delaware River, ent ... A 0 6 
Fairfield,.A 2 0 
New Haven,. A 1 22 
Norwich Landing, ..... A 0 45 
Passamaquoddy River, .A 2 36 
Pqnobscot River,..A 151 
Philadelphia,.A 5 0 
Plymouth,.A 2 36 
Portland,.A 1 51 
Fear, Cape,.S 0 54 
Florida Keys,.S 0 4 
Gay Head . S 1 17 
George’s River, . ...A 151 
Georgetown Bar, ....... S 1 54 
Gouldsborough, . A 2 6 
Guilford, .. A 1 30 
Port Royal Island, . S 0 39 
Portsmouth, . A 2 21. 
Quebec, Canada, . S 0 5 
Rhode Island, . S 2 9 
Roman, Cape, . S 9 54 
Sable, Cape, . S 0 54 
Salem, .. .... A 2 36 
Halifax, N. S., . S 124 
Hartford, . S 5 40 
Hatteras, Cape, . A 0 6 
Henlopen, Cape, . S 0 9 
Henry, Cape, . S 1 14 
Kennebec, . A 1 54 
Sandy Hook, N. J., . S 2 17 
Saybrook, . A 0 15 
St. Johns, N F., . S 2 54 
St. Simon’s Bar, . S 1 24 
Sunbury. . A 0 36 
Townsend, . A 1 51 
Lookout, Cape, ..A 0 6 
THE NEW STYLE 
Was adopted in Catholic countries by order of Pope 
Gregory XIII, in 1582—the 5th of October was called 
the 15th, omitting ten days. Protestant Britain adopt¬ 
ed this rule 1752, calling the 3d of September the 14th, 
omitting eleven nominal days. Russia adheres to the 
old style, the difference from the new being now twelve 
days. Up to 1752, the year was held to begin in Eng¬ 
land with the 25th of March ; 1751 did so, but 1752 be¬ 
gan January 1, by act of Parliament, agreeably to the 
Gregorian or Roman Catholic Calendar, which is the 
true time, with only an error of one day in about 3,000 
years. - 
CHARACTERS. 
§0 Sun; D Moon; ^ Mercury; ? Venus; ^ Earth ; 
$ Mars; 2| Jupiter; 1? Saturn; Herschel. 
EQUATION OF TIME. 
Almanacs often contain the expressions, “ sun fast,” 
and “ sun slow.” They refer to the difference of time 
as shown by the sun, and as shown by a good clock or 
watch. Time as marked by the former is called u ap¬ 
parent,” and as marked by the latter, u mean time” 
A good sundial will always tell the former; a watch or 
clock, the latter . The calculations of most almanacs 
are given in mean or clock time. 
APOGEE AND PERIGEE OF THE SUN. 
In 1852, the Sun will be in 
Perigee January 2, 
Apogee July 2,.. 
Perigee Dec. 30, . 
distant from 
the Earth. 
( 93,575,000 ) 
{ 96,768,000 } Miles. 
( 93,573,000 ) 
CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. 
Dominical Letters, D and C; Golden Number, or Lu¬ 
nar Cycle, 10; Epact, 9; Solar Cycle, 13; Roman In- 
diction, 10; Julian Period, 6565. 
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 
T Aries; H Taurus; n Gemini; 25 Cancer; Leo; 
n# Virgo; Libra; Scorpio; f Sagittarius; VJ Ca¬ 
pricorn; ~ Aquarius; X Pisces. 
LEAP-YEAR. 
Every year is leap-year, the number of which can be 
divided by 4, and not by 100; or which can be divided 
by 400. 
LIMA BEANS AND MELONS. 
To get Lima beans early, and to prevent the seed rot¬ 
ting in the soil, plant them on pieces of inverted turf, 
and cover them an inch or two deep with rich mould. 
These pieces of turf may be placed in a hot-bed, or in a 
fermenting heap of manure; and it will be found con¬ 
venient to place a number of them in a shallow box 
together, until they have appeared above ground, when 
they are ready to set out in open ground. If a piece of 
turf is laid upon each, until they are well sprouted, it 
will serve to retain the heat which comes up from be¬ 
low, but it must be timely removed. Melons and cu¬ 
cumbers may be started in the same way. Their growth 
may be advanced, and the young melons protected from 
bugs, by setting four common bricks round each hill, 
and covering with a pane of glass. When they have 
grown up to the glass, they will need no further pro¬ 
tection, and the whole is at once removed. A single 
square box, open at top and bottom, six or eight inches 
high, made tight round each hill, will nearly or wholly 
exclude bugs from melons, cucumbers, and squashes. 
White-wash. —Take two quarts of skimmed milk; 
two ounces of fresh-slaked lime; two pounds whiting; 
or the same proportions for any larger quantity. Put 
the lime into a stone vessel, and pour upon it a sufficient 
quantity of milk to make a mixture resembling cream ; 
then add the remainder of the material. When this is 
done, crumble and spread the whiting on the surface of 
the fluid, in which it will gradually sink. It must then 
be well stirred, or ground, as any other paint. By the 
addition of any coloring matter, you may make it suit 
your fancy. It must he put on with a paint brush, and 
when dry, a second coat should be given. The quantity 
named, is sufficient for twenty-five square yards. 
