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The cover of the 1793 edition. The first Old Farmer's Almanac, then known as The Farmer's Almanac, was edited by Robert Bailey Thomas, the publication's founder. [6] There were many competing almanacs in the 18th century, but Thomas's book was a success. [6] In its second year, distribution tripled to 9,000. [3]
The first edition of the Farmers' Almanac, from 1818. Predictions for each edition are made as far as two years in advance. The U.S. retail edition of the Farmers' Almanac contains weather predictions for 7 U.S. climatic zones, defined by the publishers, in the continental United States, broken into 3-day intervals. Seasonal maps and summaries ...
Jia's book was also very long, with over one hundred thousand written Chinese characters, and it quoted many other Chinese books that were written previously, but no longer survive. [89] The contents of Jia's 6th century book include sections on land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, and animal husbandry.
What do the Farmers' Almanac and The Old Farmer's Almanac say about Oklahoma winter? The Old Farmer's Almanac: Predicts most Oklahomans (outside of the Panhandle) can expect a cold, snowy winter.
All illustrations by Jean-Jacques Pasquier (engraver, died 1785). Comparing the first page and Manon's death with , I think that all four images at the French WP are from the 1753 Amsterdam book edition and thus actually PD-old (and not CC-1.0, as stated at the French WP). Mansfield Park (novel) needs to be edited down to just title page
In the past, “you didn’t know anybody who lived to 100 — they were there, but few and far between — so you’d see yourself as old at, it used to be 50, then 60, then 70, then 80,” and ...
[10] The Russian writer Ivan Turgenev wrote in 1861, "The drawing shows me at one glance what might be spread over ten pages in a book." [11] The quote is sometimes attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who said "A good sketch is better than a long speech" (French: Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours). This is sometimes translated today ...
A 2019 survey found that globally, we think old age begins at 66. When asked to describe it, we usually use the term wise (35%), followed by frail (32%), lonely (30%), and respected (25%). People ...