Published by Washington, DC: Printed for the Use of the Nautical Almanac, 1856., 1856
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
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First Edition
First thus edition. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. Brown stitched wraps. 4to. pp. [iii], 304-329. Very Good. Traces of cover soil, foxing starting, internally fine, no ownership. Scarce supplement constructed from the formulae given by Walker in a report to Prof Bache, the Superintendent at the Coast Survey, and printed on the 114th page of the Coast Survey Report for 1848; and from those given by Adams on the 263rd page of Volume XIII of the Proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. They are adapted to the formulae and arguments of the Tables of the Moon, constructed for the use of the Nautical Almanac.