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From: Frank Reed (no email)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2006 - 03:04:09 EST
Robert Eno asked:
"What do you do with your old Nautical Almanacs?"
Sell them on ebay? You can get two or three bucks for them usually.
And:
"Since the late 1980's, I have been regularly ordering the US government
edition with its wonderful sewn binding and hardboard covers (I purchase the
commercial version for my vessel's library)"
Speaking of which, what does the British printing look like these days?
And:
"Is there any conceivable use for old Nautical Almanacs? Will, say, the
1999 version ever be of use again through some cyclic mechanism in the universe
(notwithstanding precession etc.)?"
The "ephemeral" data is just that. Apart from that four year cycle for solar
data, which is only marginally accurate anyway, everything else is history.
Of course, the refraction data and dip table, the interpolation tables, the
short sight reduction tables, and the explanation are all still good, but
that's an excuse to keep only one copy. That said, I've got four post-1975
Nautical Almanacs at arm's reach right now (all from ebay, $12 for the lot).
You concluded:
"Or am I just being an inveterate and sentimental packrat?"
Yes. <g>
-FER
42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
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