Object Details
- editor
- Comrie, Leslie J.
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Description
- Astronomers have created and used tables since antiquity. In 1767, the British government began issuing an annual
for use by mariners. In the early years of the United States, Americans relied on foreign almanacs – particularly those from Great Britain - for astronomy and navigation. However, in 1849 the U.S. Congress established the Nautical Almanac Office, which soon was publishing The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. The ephemeris provided data for astronomers and surveyors, while the nautical part of the almanac was for mariners. From 1960, the computations in the British and American publications were identical, with different title pages and introductory material. This is The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for 1964. - This example of the publication was owned by the German- American statistician, mathematician and computer pioneer Carl Hammer (1914-2004).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carl Hammer
- 1962
- ID Number
- 1988.3105.28
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3105
- catalog number
- 1988.3105.28
- Object Name
- Book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm x 18.4 cm x 26 cm; 31/32 in x 7 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_905167
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-8da4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
