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Re: Beta Cap -- the tenth lunars star
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Jan 20, 22:42 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Jan 20, 22:42 EST
Dan Allen asked:
"Where does one find old Almanacs?"
Jared Sherman answered:
"Large, old, university and research libraries are the best choice to look first. "
You got it. Old libraries have old collections, and if you're lucky, they don't really care about what they have. For nautical almanacs, the best trick is probably to find a nearby university that has had an astronomy department for more than a century. I've found a place that keeps a nearly complete collection of almanacs on its circulating collections shelves. I've been able to borrow almanacs from the late 18th century. Out of concern for their long-term value to the library --which I will explain to them at some point-- I only take out editions which were rebound at some point.
Frank E. Reed
[X] Mystic, Connecticut
[ ] Chicago, Illinois
"Where does one find old Almanacs?"
Jared Sherman answered:
"Large, old, university and research libraries are the best choice to look first. "
You got it. Old libraries have old collections, and if you're lucky, they don't really care about what they have. For nautical almanacs, the best trick is probably to find a nearby university that has had an astronomy department for more than a century. I've found a place that keeps a nearly complete collection of almanacs on its circulating collections shelves. I've been able to borrow almanacs from the late 18th century. Out of concern for their long-term value to the library --which I will explain to them at some point-- I only take out editions which were rebound at some point.
Frank E. Reed
[X] Mystic, Connecticut
[ ] Chicago, Illinois
