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Re: The Nautical Day a detail...
From: Zorbec Legras
Date: 2004 Feb 8, 07:07 -0500
From: Zorbec Legras
Date: 2004 Feb 8, 07:07 -0500
> [...] > The French emphasize their focus already in the title of their ephemeris, which > originally read: "La connoissance des temps", but soon had the addition "[...], > a l'usage des astronomes et des navigateurs". Again, the astronomers come > first. > [...] > Herbert Prinz The Connaissance des temps is published in french and in English by the French "Institut de m?canique c?leste et de calcul des ?ph?m?rides" and the "Bureau des Longitudes" sinds 1769. http://www.imcce.fr/publif.html#Connaissance -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
