Word: zodiac
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ever since the first edition in 1792, these weather predictions have been the Almanac's prime attraction. But this year saw an innovation--the signs of the zodiac and the "Man of the Signs" were introduced. The Almanac thoughtfully added, however, that the "Man" is highly regarded "only by astrologers and the foolish...
...close friends gathered in Balmoral Castle, Scotland, to help Princess Margaret celebrate her 21st birthday. The highlight of her coming-of-age party: the cutting of the royal cake, a 30-pound, twelve-sided baker's delight, each side decorated with a sign of the zodiac, the main panel showing Leo, the Princess' own sign, and the top iced with the pattern of her personal standard and planted with 21 silver candles, silver roses and Scotch thistles. Among the guests: Billy Wallace, Lord Ogilvy and the Earl of Dalkeith-her three favorite suitors...
...Zodiac: "Margaret, whose birthday falls on the 21st of August, is on the bridge between Leo and Virgo-a borderline case between the strong and the demure...
...mechanical planetariums from a Philadelphia clockmaker and installed it in Nassau Hall. When it worked, students of "Natural Philosophy" watched planets on long arms circle about a 4 ft. universe. The sun and moon moved in their appointed orbits; hands pointed to the proper phase of the zodiac marked on a brass ring that encircled the painted, deep-blue sky. Near the top, an inset dial indicated the day, the year and the hour. To Scottish-born John Witherspoon, Presbyterian theologian and sixth president of the college, the ornate mechanism both illustrated the majesty of the Lord's work...