almanacs
Yearly fact compilations
Almanacs are annual publications containing calendars, astronomical data, weather predictions, and practical information.
Traditional almanacs served farmers with planting guides and tide tables.
Modern almanacs compile facts and statistics on diverse topics—sports records, population figures, historical events: I looked up the capital in the world almanac.
The form dates to medieval astronomical tables.
Of the sky above
- ephemerisCelestial body position chart
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
moonrise · star charts · solstice · equinox · tides · nautical · navigation · longitude
Occurring every year
- publicationIssued written material
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- yearbookSchool memory publication
records · facts · tables · charts · data · chronology · historical · encyclopedia
Colonial American polymath statesman
- colonialOf occupied territories
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- aphorismsConcise memorable truths
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
maxims · wisdom · tradition · printing · broadsheet · pamphlet · household · literacy
Placing seeds in earth
- harvestGathering mature crops
- frost datesSeasonal freezing benchmarks
- moon phasesShifting illumination of satellite
- growing seasonsFrost-free agricultural intervals
farmer · sowing · crop · weather predictions · tides · seasonal · gardening · livestock
celestial
Of the sky above
- ephemerisCelestial body position chart
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
sunset · moonrise · star charts · solstice · equinox · tides · nautical · navigation · longitude · latitude
annual
Occurring every year
- publicationIssued written material
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
- statisticsCollected numerical information
yearbook · records · facts · tables · charts · data · chronology · historical · encyclopedia · handbook
Benjamin Franklin
Colonial American polymath statesman
proverbs · maxims · wisdom · tradition · printing · broadsheet · pamphlet · household · literacy · practical
planting
Placing seeds in earth
- harvestGathering mature crops
- frost datesSeasonal freezing benchmarks
- moon phasesShifting illumination of satellite
growing seasons · farmer · sowing · crop · weather predictions · tides · seasonal · gardening · livestock · soil
- chapbookschapbooks, booklet, booklets, blue books, cheap print
- Maya CodicesDresden Codex, hieroglyphs, astronomical tables, Long Count
- kids booksworkbooks, activity books, primers, readers, young readers
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- calendarscalendar, calendar day, calendar year, calendar month, lunar calendar
almanacsencyclopedias
Multi-volume knowledge collections
dictionaries · atlases · thesauruses · gazetteers · lexicons
- farmer's almanacAnnual agricultural reference publication
- Farmers AlmanacYearly rural forecasting publication
- sports almanacYearly athletic reference book
- Old Farmer's AlmanacAnnual weather and planting guide
- weather almanacYearly climate prediction publication
- nautical almanacSailor's celestial position tables