Ephemeris then devised has been continued in the British Almanac
to the present time.

A good deal of matter has been added to the British Almanac during
the forty years and upwards which have elapsed, but it has been
worked in rather by using smaller type and closer printing than by
increasing the number of pages. The almanac for 1834 contains five
hundred and seventeen pages and that for 1880 five hundred and
nineteen pages. The general aspect of the page is now somewhat
crowded, yet, considering the quantity of figures on each page the
arrangement is marvellously clear and legible.

The Spanish "Almanaque Nautico" has been issued since the
beginning of the century. Like its fellows it has been gradually
enlarged and improved, in recent times, and is now of about the
same number of pages with the British and American almanacs. As a
rule there is less matter on a page, so that the data actually
given are not so complete as in some other publications.

In Germany two distinct publications of this class are issued, the
one purely astronomical, the other purely nautical.

The astronomical publication has been issued for more than a
century under the title of "Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch." It
is intended principally for the theoretical astronomer, and in
respect to matter necessary to the determinations of positions on
the earth it is rather meagre. It is issued by the Berlin
Observatory, at the expense of the government.

The companion of this work, intended for the use of the German