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From: Robert Eno (no email)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2006 - 13:12:27 EST
Thanks Frank,
An inveterate and sentimental pack rat I am!
But your post begs the question:
If people are buying used Nautical Almanacs on e-bay, what are they using them for?
Re: the British Almanac, I cannot tell you what they look like. As far as I know, most of us here in Canuckistan purchase our almanacs from the "Great Satan" ;-^). It is possible, however, that the Canadian Navy -- assuming that they still use astro -- purchase theirs from mother England.
I know for sure that as late as the mid-1980's, the Royal Canadian Air Force was purchasing their sight reduction tables (AP3270) from England but their Air Almanacs from the USA. That was when the latter was published in 6 month intervals.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Reed <>
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:04 am
Subject: Re: Almanac Heaven
> 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
> governmentedition 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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