The British Nautical Almanac in The USA
In the USA, an official (and initially separate) series of ephemeris publications began with the issue for 1855 as "The American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac"; but before that, the British "Nautical Almanac" was commonly used on American ships and in the United States – sometimes in the form of an independently printed American 'impression' instead.
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