Excerpt from The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac: For the Year 1879 The preparation of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Ahnanac was begun in the latter part of the year 1849, in accordance with an act of Congress, approved on the 3d of March of that year. An account of this preparation and the values of the constants adopted will be found in the preface and appendix of the first volume, that for the year 1855. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.