List of almanacs

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This article gives a list of various almanacs. Note that almanac can also be spelled almanack, and some of the publications listed use this form.

Contents 1 Wikipedia Almanac-type data 2 Printed almanacs 3 Online almanacs 4 Special-purpose almanacs 5 Astronomical almanacs 6 Astrological almanacs 7 Fictional almanacs 8 Almanac Calculators 9 References

[edit] Wikipedia Almanac-type data

• List of reference tables

[edit] Printed almanacs

• Canadian Global Almanac (1992-2005), a book of facts about Canada and the world
• Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac. (Not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia. The almanac is a standalone publication)
• Farmers' Almanac (1818-present)
• The New York Times Almanac
• The (Old) Farmer's Almanac (1792-present)
• Schott's Almanac
• TIME Almanac with Information Please formerly Information Please Almanac (1947-present)
• Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998^[1] and 1999^[2]).
• Whitaker's Almanack (1868-present)
• The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868-1876, 1886-present)
• Nieropper Almanak
• Enkhuizer Almanak
• Deventer Almanak

[edit] Online almanacs

• Information, Please! [1]
• CIA World Factbook [2]

[edit] Special-purpose almanacs

• Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 (1473)
• Old Moore's Almanack (1699-present)
• Poor Richard's Almanack (1733-1758)
• J. Gruber's Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack (1797-present)
• Grier's Almanac (1807-present)
• Baer's Agricultural Almanac (1825-present)
• Jewish Year Book (1896-present)
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1864-present)
• The Buyers Almanac (2006-present)[3]
• Places Rated Almanac (1982-present)
• Thackers Indian Directory (1864-1960)
• Your Name Almanac (1934-present)

[edit] Astronomical almanacs

• Air Almanac
• Astronomical Almanac
• Astronomical Phenomena
• The Astronomical Pocket Diary (1987-present)
• Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac
• The Nautical Almanac (1767–present under various titles. Prepared by U.S. Naval Observatory and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office since 1958.)
• Star Almanac for Land Surveyors

[edit] Astrological almanacs

• Panjika - Hindu almanac in Bengali

[edit] Fictional almanacs

• Gray's Sports Almanac, featured in Back to the Future Part II
• Ankh-Morpork Almanack and Book of Days, from various Discworld novels (a version has been published as The Discworld Almanak)

[edit] Almanac Calculators

• Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop
• Pieter Rembrantsz van Nierop
• Jan Albertsz van Dam
• Dirck Jansz van Dam
• Meyndert van Dam
• Jacob de Gelder
• Mattheus van Nispen
• Isaac Haringhuysen
• J. van Dam

[edit] References

1. ^ Sreenath Sreenivasan, "The Old-Fashioned Almanac Thrives in the Age of the Internet", New York Times, December 22, 1997
2. ^ ISBN 978-0345411020