High-Tide Tables. FOR GOVERNOR'S ISLAND (NEW YORK HARBOR). (Specially prepared from the Tide-Tables of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey for THE WORLD ALMANAC.) 1907. New York Mean Time. To express in Standard Time, subtract 4 minutes. TIME OF HIGH WATER AT POINTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. The local time of high water at the following places may be found approximately for each day by adding to or subtracting from the time of high water at Governor's Island, N. Y., the hours and minutes annexed. EXAMPLE. To find the approximate time of high tide at Atlantic City, N. J., on any day, find first the time of high water at New York under the desired date, and then subtract 20 minutes, as in the above table; the result is the time of high water required. Greatest Altitude in Each State. FROM THE RECORDS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. NOTE.-The above table was prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC by the Geographic Branch of the United States Geological Survey. It should be stated in connection with this table that it presents only points whose heights are matters of record, and that in several cases in the high mountain region of the far West and the Pacific Slope it is well known that there are higher points within the State or Territory whose heights are not yet known with accuracy, and consequently cannot be given. This table was revised by the United States Geological Survey to November 1, 1906. * Western end of Beaver County, Oklahoma, reaches 5,000 feet elevation. Table of Magnetic Declinations, OR VARIATIONS OF THE COMPASS FOR THE EPOCH JANUARY, 1907--WITH THE ANNUAL CHANGE FROM 1900 TO 1995 FOR THE PRINCIPAL PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES. reverse. A plus (+) sign denotes West Declination; a minus (-) sign East Declination. For the annual change a plus sign denotes increasing West or decreasing East declination, and a minus sign the (Specially prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC from reports of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Ariz...... Prescott.... Cal.. 57 3135 20-29 53 0.0 57 48 152 22-23 49+ 3.0 Mon.... Jefferson City... 38 35 92 9 71 18 156 39-31 18+12.0 Nevada... Carson City. Yuma..... 32 44 114 Nogales.... 31 20 110 Ark....... Little Rock.. 34 14 92 Sacramento..... 38 34 121 San Francisco. .37 48 122 Los Angeles......34 4118 San Diego.. 32 43 117 39 45 105 Col Conn Del. Dist. of Denver..... Washington.. Florida... Tallahassee -13 20+ 2.0 Eureka..... 37-13 6+1.0 N. H.... Concord... 56-11 56+ 2.0 N. J......... Trenton.. 16 -6 11+ 3.7 N. Mex... Santa Fé 30-16 0 0.0 N. Y Albany. 0-12 10+ 3.0 N. C......... Raleigh.. 41 46 72 40 +10 39 +2.0 Wilmington.. 41 18 72 55 +10 10+ 2.0 N. Dak... Bismarck. 38 53 77 0+ 5 8+ 3.0 1 37+3.5 Ohio.... Okla.... Pembina.... 8 47 +4.1 -4 35+ 4.3 38 38 90 16 39 7 94 38 8 28+ 4.0 Cleveland 2 252.7 Oregon... Portland..... 1 133.6 Pa. 3 464.2 R. I.. 30 26 84 17 0 34+ 3.4 0 283.2 43 37 116 12 -18 12+ 1.5 Savannah. Idaho...... Boisé. Illinois... Springfield. Chicago.. Ind. Ter.. Atoka. Indiana.. Indianapolis.. Iowa....... Des Moines. Kansas... Topeka..... Ky La.......... Dubuque.. Wichita..... Frankfort... Paducah.. Louisville. 7 42+ 3.4 1 114.0 S. Dak.... 0 184.0 Harrisburg. .. 8 30+ 4.0 -16 30+ 1.0 39 31 115 58-16 2+ 1.5 43 12 71 29 +12 36+ 2.0 40 13 74 44+ 8 12+2.7 35 41 105 57-12 11+2.6 42 40 73 45+11 25+ 2.9 40 43 74 0+9 26+ 2.9 42 27 76 29+ 7 56+ 3.2 42 55 78 54+ 8 22+ 3.4 35 47 78 38+2 6+ 2.8 34 13 77 56 + 1 52+ 2.8 46 48 100 47-14 16+ 3.7 48 58 97 14-10 39+ 4.3 40 0 83 0+1 2+3.7 41 30 81 42 +249 +3.7 884 250 57 +3.7 8 42+ 3.3 45 31 122 41-22 29 9.0 40 16 76 53+ 67+3.0 39 58 75 10+8 2+2.9 40 28 80 1+353 +3.4 41 50 71 24 +12 18+ 1.8 34 081 206+3.1 32 47 79 56+0 39+ 3.0 44 22 100 22-12 10+ 3.6 42 53 97 25-10 38 +3.8 36 9 86 48 39+ 3.8 35 58 83 55+0 37+3.6 35 8 90 3-4 52+ 3.8 30 17 97 447 37+3.3 San Antonio..... 29 27 98 28 7 57+ 3.1 Houston...... 29 42 95 206 52 +3.3 Galveston.... 29 18 94 47 6 32+ 3.3 El Paso.... 31 46 106 29-11 13 +2.7 Salt Lake....... 40 46 111 54-15 54+ 2.0 Ogden........ 41 13 112 0-16 48+ 2.0 Montpelier. 44 15 72 32 +14 14+ 2.0 Burlington. 44 28 75 12 +12 43+ 2.0 Richmond. 37 32 77 26+ 4 1+ 2.8 Norfolk.... 36 52 76 17+ 4 17+2.7 Lynchburg.. 37 25 79 9+232 + 3.1 Wash..... Olympia..... 47 2122 54-22 41 0.0 Walla Walla.. 46 4118 21-21 10+ 1.0 38 21 81 38 + 2 20+ 3.4 40 3 80 44 +126+ 3.4 43 4 89 25 4 47+ 5.0 43 4 87 533 5+ 5.0 46 40 92 4 9 125.0 41 8104 49 -13 54+ 2.8 7 144.4 Tenn..... 4 55+ 4.6 Baton Rouge. 30 27 91 11 Maine.... Augusta... .. 4 49+ 3.5 Utah. 43 39 70 17 +14 34 + 1.3 44 54 66 59 +19 0 0.0 Va...... ...... +1 14+4.5 W. Va..... Charleston. 42 21 83 3+1 29+ 4.0 Wheeling. Maine..... Mo. of Green R. (Brunswick). 47 19 68 10 +21 10-1.0 Point. 69 41 141 0-39 30+10.0 123 81 82 22 2 28+ 3.0|Haw'n [Honolulu 17 59 66 40 +0 47 +2.0 pines.... Manila... Acapulco, Mex.. Latitude and Longitude Table. (LONGITUDE RECKONED FROM GREENWICH.) Specially prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC. .16 50 56 N. Adelaide, S. Australia*..34 55 38 S. Aden, Arabia.. Albany, N. Y. *. Algiers Allegheny, Pa. *. Alexandria, Egypt. Amherst, Mass. Ann Arbor, Mich. Annapolis, Md.*. Antipodes Island. Apia, Samoa.. Archangel, Russia. Armagh, Ireland*. Aspinwall, S. A.,Lt. Astoria, Ore...... .12 46 40 N. .42 39 13 N. ..36 4750 N. 40 27 42 N. 31 11 43 N. 42 22 17 N. 42 16 48 N. .38 58 54 N. 49 42 0 S. .13 48 56 S. ..6432 6 N. ..54 21 13 N. 9 22 9 N. 46 11 19 N. ..37 58 21 N. Attu Island, Alaska......52 56 1 N. Athens, Greece*. Bahia, Brazil...... 13 037 S. ..39 17 48 N. 6 740 S. .17 29 20 N. .51 53 0 N. .52 30 17 N. Bermuda, Dock Yard...32 19 24 N. Bombay* Bordeaux, France*. Bonn, Germany... ...... .18 53 45 N. .50 43 45 N. ..44 50 17 N. Boston State House......42 21 28 N. 12 4 3 S. .52 12 52 N. .42 22 48 N. .23 635 N. Cape Cod, Mass., Lt......42 221 N. C. Hatteras, N. C., Lt.....35 15 14 N. Cape Henry, Va., Lt......36 55 29 N. Cape Horn .55 58 41 S. Cape May, N. J., Lt......38 55 56 N. Cape Good Hope, Lt.....34 21 12 S. Cape Prince of Wales ...65 33 30 N. Charleston, S. C., Lt........32 41 44 N. Charlottetown, P. E. I...46 13 55 N. Cherbourg, France..... .49 38 54 N. Chicago, Ill.* .41 50 1 N. Christiania, Nor. * .59 54 44 N. 39 819 N. 43 317 N. H. M. S. 639 41.8 W. 9 14 20.3 E. 259 55.8 E. 455 6.8 W. 01211.4 E. 520 2.9 W. 159 26. 7 E. 450 4.7 W. 534 55. 2 W. 5 556.5 W. 11 54 52. 3 E. 11 26 59.7 E. 24214.0 E. 0 26 35. 4 W. 519 39.0 W. 8 15 18.8 W. 134 54.9 E. 11 32 49. 6 E. 234 8.4 W. 5 626.0 W. 7 713.7 E. 5 52 46.7 W. 3 41 29. 5 W. 053 34.9 E. 4 19 18.3 W. 4 51 15.7 E. 0 28 23.3 E. 0 2 5.4 W. 4 44 15. 3 W. 3 58 29.3 W. 017 28.6 E. 3 53 28.9 W. 553 20. 7 E. 5 9 3.0 W. 0 0 22.7 E. 4 44 31.0 W. 733 46. 3 E. 4 40 14.6 W. 5 2 5.0 W. 5 4 2.0 W. 4 29 5.0 W. 4 59 50. 7 W. 113 58.0 E. 11 11 56. 8 W. 5 19 32.0 W. 41227.5 W. 0 632.5 W. 550 26.7 W. 0 42 53. 8 E. 537 41.3 W. 5 137.4 W. 5 19 21.9 E. 156 3.7 E. 05018. 8 E. 3 52 46.0 W. 659 47.6 W. 0 25 21.1 W. 0 12 43.1 W. 8 13 47.1 W. 4 33 49. 2 W. 15416.0 W. 525 51.1 W. 045 1.5 E. 1 735.6 W. 619 9.7 W. 0 24 36. 8 E. 55 52 43 N. 0 17 10.6 W. 36 630 N. 0 21 23.3 W. .51 28 38 N. 0 0 0.0.44 39 38 N. .53 33 7 N. .43 42 15 N. .23 921 N. .42 53 25 S. .22 18 12 N. 6 55 40 N. .41 030 N. .55 41 13 N. Demerara(Geo' town Lt) 6 49 20 N. Dublin, Ireland*....... ....39 40 36 N. .53 23 13 N. ...55 57 23 N. Esquimault, B. C., Lt.....48 25 40 N. Father Point, Que., Lt...48 31 25 N. Fayal, Azores Fernandina, Fla. Florence, Italy*. Funchal, Madeira... Galveston, Tex....... 3832 9 N. ..30 40 18 N. ..43 46 4 N. ..32 38 4 N. .29 18 17 N. Port Louis, Mauritius...20 8 46 S. Saigon, Cochin-China*..10 46 47 N. Suakim, E. Africa, Lt.....19 7 0 N. .33 51 41 S. ..35 39 17 N. Tunis (Goletta Lt. )........36 48 36 N. Utrecht, Netherlands*...52 510 N. Valparaiso, Chile........ .33 153 S. Venice, Italy* .45 26 10 N. .48 25 26 N. 48 13 55 N. 52 13 6 N. ..38 55 15 N. 41 18 1 S. 41 23 22 N Vera Cruz, Mex., Lt......19 12 29 N. Lt. denotes a light-house. H. M. S. 55737.8 W. 520 59.4 E. 01445. 4 W. 8 3 50.0 E. 021 34.6 E. 9 39 54.1 E. 636 26. 7 W. 0 43 15.7 W. 454 18.7 W. 230 17.2 E. 8 634.1 W. 046 26.1 E. 4 642.7 W. 057 1.8 E. 54712.0 W. 5.927.8 W. 2 4 1.2 E. 4 51 42.1 W. 6 013.9 W. 455 53.6 W. 029 12, 2 E, 5 511.0 W. 142 40.0 E. 61235.8 W. 2 3 2.2 E. 7 27 59.6 W. 0 5 0.4 W. 518 8.8 W. 314 0.0 W. 0 9 20.9 E. 549 14.1 W. 219 27.8 W. 4 49 28. 0 W. 5 038.5 W. 1025 0.0 W. 441 1.2 W. 3 49 57.7 E. 2 915.5 E. 4 6 2.5 W. 3 51 26.0 W. 057 40. 3 E. 4 58 37.5 W. 44537.5 W. 4 44 52, 6 W. 5 944.0 W. 2 52 41. 4 W. 5 10 21.8 W. 0 49 55.6 E. 7 6 48.7 E. 7 48 38.7 W. 456 0.6 W. 8 942.8 W. 424 29.8 W. 5 322.0 W. 524 21.7 W. 8 919.9 W. 8 555.7 E. 655 25.0 E. 0 22 52,0 W. 330 43.6 W. 6 049.1 W. 2 113.5 E. 11214.0 E. 229 16.6 E. 10 4 49.5 E. 9 18 58.0 E. 0 41 14.5 E. 0 20 31.7 E. 4 46 34.8 W. 049 22.1 E. 6 24 31.8 W. 813 33.8 W. 1 521.5 E. 124 7.4 E. 5 815.7 W. 11 39 6.5 E. 4 55 50.6 W. 4 52 50, 4 W. 9 18 36.9 E. 2 36 44.7 E. + Highest latitude in U. S. territory. Facts About the Earth. ACCORDING to Clark, the equatorial semi-diameter is 20, 926, 202 feet-3963. 296 miles, and the polar semi-diameter is 20,854,895 feet-3950. 738 miles. One degree of latitude at the pole 69.407 miles. One degree of latitude at the equator-68. 704 miles. POPULATION OF THE EARTH BY CONTINENTS. (From Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society.) The above estimate was made by Ernest George Ravenstein, F. R. G. S., the geographer and statistician, and is for 1890. The population of North America, 1900, had increased to over 100,000,000. An estimate of population of the earth, made by Drs. Wagner and Supan, editors of "Bevölkerung der Erde" (Perthes, Gotha, 1891), is as follows: Europe, 357.379, 000; Asia, 825,954,000: Africa, 163, 953,000: America, 121, 713,000; Australia, 3, 230,000; Oceanic Islands, 7, 420, 000; polar regions, 80, 400. Total, 1,479, 729, 400. The estimate of area of the continents and islands by the same authorities is 52, 821,684. Ravenstein's estimate of the earth's fertile region, in square miles, is 28, 269, 200; steppe, 13,901,000; desert, 4, 180,000; polar regions, 4, 888, 800. The population of the earth at the death of the Emperor Augustus, estimated by Bodio, was 54, 000, 000. The population of Europe hardly exceeded 50,000,000 before the fifteenth century.-Mulhall The area and cubic contents of the earth, according to the data of Clark, given above, are: Surface, 196, 971, 984 square miles; cubic contents, 259, 944, 035, 515 cubic miles. Murray (Challenger expedition) states the greatest depth of the Atlantic Ocean at 27,366 feet; Pacific Ocean, 30,000 feet; Indian Ocean, 18, 582 feet; Southern Ocean, 25, 200 feet; Arctic Ocean, 9,000 feet. The Atlantic Ocean has an area, in square miles, of 24, 536,000; Pacific Ocean, 50, 309, 000; Indian Ocean, 17,084,000; Arctic Ocean, 4,781,000; Southern Ocean, 30, 592, 000. The highest mountain is believed to be Deodhunga or Everest, one of the Himalayas, 29,002 feet. For population of the earth according to creed, see RELIGIOUS STATISTICS. POPULATION OF THE EARTH ACCORDING TO RACE. (Estimated by John Bartholomew, F. R. G. S., Edinburgh.) The human family is subject to forty-nine principal governments. As to their form they may be classified as follows: Absolute monarchies, Abyssinia, Afghanistan, China, Korea, Morocco, Persia, Siam, Turkey; Limiled monarchies, Austria- Hungary, Belgium, British Empire, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Sweden, Spain; Republics, Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Brazil Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Hayti, Honduras, Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Switzerland. United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela. Besides these are the undefined despotisms of Central Africa, and a few insignificant independent States. The average duration of human life is about 33 years. One-quarter of the people on the earth die before age 6, one-half before age 16, and only about 1 person of each 100 born lives to age EUROPEAN LANGUAGES SPOKEN. 65. These estimates by Mulhall (1891) exhibit the superior growth of the English language in the last ninety years. Another authority (see English-Speaking Religious Communities") estimates the number using the English language in 1895 at over 124, 130,000. |