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Re: Understanding a 1902 Sumner
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2017 Jan 20, 20:52 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2017 Jan 20, 20:52 -0800
And if you would really like to look at an official almanac from 1902, there are a couple available via the Hathitrust search site. Here's the British "Nautical Almanac" for 1902: https://babel.hathitrust.org/...6807. Bear in mind that this was not the almanac normally used by mariners. Instead the "Nautical Almanac" in this era is the astronomers' reference. But the primary data would be identical nonetheless, and some fastidious marine navigators would still use this ephemeris.
Frank Reed
