Talk:Almanac

message: This is again something which in my view is better handled using a definition that by attempting to turn it into an article. I vote the link should be redirected to the Wiktionary definition of almanac. --(talk to)BozMo 12:43, 21 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: There's a great gap from Ptolemy's Phaesis to the 17th c. English printed almanacs.  Much needs to be filled in here. --SteveMcCluskey 02:39, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical Gap 

message: Hesiod's poem, Works and Days, was a good example of a agriculturally-focused astronomical (as well as ethically and generally advising) text, after the Babylonians but before the Hellenistic period. Furthermore, I strongly object to calling this agricultural tradition of astronomy "Hellenistic" because that word implies the Hellenistic period, beginning 323 with the death of Alexander the Great (see Hellenistic Period), when in fact the texts of Democritus and Hesiod were written earlier. Hesiod's work dates from about 700 BCE (Works and Days. 
Moreover, I can name other relevant ancient texts that ought to mentioned in the history of almanacs. MULAPIN, a Babylonian star catalog (Mul.Apin), comes to mind. Also, the Egyptians knew that the morning rising of Sirius marked the beginning of summer (Sirius), though I do not know of any text they had to do so.  Quintus Twig (talk) 20:24, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Works and Days'' 

message: Can it be said that almanacs are primarily historical in content? And if they're not just historical, what forecasts do they make? For example, why would I want to buy an astronomical almanac when I can get a periodical that will tell me what is going to happen in the upcoming year? 
Concerning what an almanac 'is', I think an explanation of the advantages of an almanac, say over other relevant sources of information, would go a long way toward enhancing this definition.  
Regards
--71.107.92.100 (talk) 17:29, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Primarily historical in content? 

message: Ladies Almanack is listed under US Almanacs but is it really an almanac or is it a one time collection of inside jokes and stories?  Thank you. Rissa, copy editor (talk) 22:35, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ladies Almanack 

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message: Courses aligned to HUMSS strand 136.158.17.180 (talk) 11:04, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
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message: With example from English Explain six function of language 197.250.98.103 (talk) 17:29, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
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