r 318 Davis’s Report on the Nautical Almanac. | 
Whether it is necessary to the perfection of the Nautical Al- 
manac to make observations at more than one observatory: and 
if so, are they made at two observatories ; and if so, at what two? 
Whether any persons except the Superintendent have been paid 
for services in preparing the Nautical ~~ and if so, how 
many and what compensation have they r ived ? 
When is it expected exe a Nautical Alea will be prepared 
for publication ? 
hat improvement, if any, is it expected the American Nau- 
tical Almanac, when published, will have over the English! 
After the first Nautical Almanac is published, dec the succeed- 
ing numbers cost as much as or more than the first 
Will the same time be necessary for the second fe subsequent 
numbers, tet cca as for the first? 
The e of the United States is fortunate in number ing 
among its sibiahans some gentlemen whose enlightened minds 
have been trained to scientific study in their own professions, and 
who are always on the alert to protect and defend the interests of 
the few truly scientific institutions which owe their support 10 
any degree to the U. S. government. Mr. Pearce of Maryl land, 
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the claims of true science arel its iin! applications in his 
country ; and in so doing has added a new “ornament of grace 2 
to his distinguished reputation as a Senator. : 
But t these queries, singular as they may appear to scientific 
readers, have been very s serviceable, as eliciting the careful and | 
instructive report of Lieut. Davis, in reply. : 
The object of these few remarks is simply to introduce this 
report,—which we reprint entire from Senate Documents Ex. — 
No. 88, of the present session. sa es 
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ANSWER TO RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY. 
1. That the Secretary of ‘the Navy be instructed to inform : 
Senate, where, and at what observatory, the ee and pe he 
culations for the “ Nautical Almanac” are ma oa 
This inquiry comprises several distinct interrogatories, whieb, 
with your permission, I will answer separately. oe 
The calculations of the Nautical Almanac are made at no ‘ob- ce 
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