Fisher & Brother's American farmer's almanac, for the year of our Lord 1861 : containing 365 days, and after the 4th of July, the 85th of American independence

arranged after the system of the German calendars. Containing the rising, setting and eclipses of the sun and moon ; the phases, signs and southings of the moon ; the aspects of the planets, with the rising setting and southing of the most conspicuous planets and fixed stars ; the times of high water at Philadelphia ; the equation of time and other miscellanies, &c., with much valuable information for housekeepers. The calculations of this almanac are made to mean or clock time, except the rising and setting of the sun, which are for solar, or apparent time. Cover title: The American farmers almanac 1861. "Anatomy of man's body as said to be governed by the twelve constellations", page [3]. Contains descriptions of various remedies and some recipes. Published annually, by Fisher & Brother. Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Baltimore.