1. A nautical almanac gives information about the sun, moon, tides, etc.

2. It was while in Cambridge that he rubbed shoulders with scientists from the Nautical Almanac, specifically, William Ferrel, which probably piqued his meteorological curiosity.

3. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and the UK’s Nautical Almanac Office gathered historical accounts of eclipses and other celestial events from 720 BC to 2015.

4. Navigators usually used the nautical almanac as a tool to obtain the observed altitude of celestial bodies, and it is a key variable to determine astronomical vessel position.

5. It housed not only the scientific instruments to be used by John Flamsteed in his work on stellar tables, but over time also added a number of additional duties such as the keeping of time and later Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office .