Book, The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac for the Year 1964
date: label: date made
content: 1962
name: label: editor
content: Comrie, Leslie J.
label: maker
content: U.S. Government Printing Office
notes: label: Description
content: Astronomers have created and used tables since antiquity. In 1767, the British government began issuing an annual <The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris</I> 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 <I>The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac</I>. 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 <I>The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac</I> for 1964.
label: Description
content: This example of the publication was owned by the German- American statistician, mathematician and computer pioneer Carl Hammer (1914-2004).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carl Hammer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3105.28
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3105
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3105.28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 18.4 cm x 26 cm; 31/32 in x 7 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in