THIS issue marks an epoch in the history of the “Nautical Almanac”; it is the first drastic revision of its general arrangement since 1834. All elements that were formerly given for Greenwich ...

The U.S. government is also in the almanac business, and has been for more than 150 years. Its publications include The Nautical Almanac, The Air Almanac, and The Astronomical Almanac. The website ...

J. J. See has been nominated as Chief of the American Nautical Almanac Office; but as this is entirely erroneous, I venture to hope you will correct it. Prof. See has been assigned to a ...

Baltimore-based Nautical Almanac builds its own instruments -- instruments that, if the liner notes to Rooting for the Microbes are to be believed, do not require the use of electricity. Dubious, ...

And that was once a very big deal. Indeed, before the Guide and Almanac, the world had a deadly longitude problem. Navigation at sea was extremely difficult, resulting in countless disasters and ...

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