Nautical almanac

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A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
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The technical ability to cast nautical almanacs might be seen as a crucial military and commercial advantage, jealously guarded by Britain or France.
(3.) Interestingly, the current Nautical Almanac (HM Nautical Office), demands the use of TeX for layout (<http://www.nao.rl.ac.uk/nao/history/>, accessed 31 July 2006).
Keeping time in the age of Franklin: almanacs and the Atlantic World

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