Nevil Maskelyne

Nevil Maskelyne Nevil Maskelyne (; 6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. He was the first person to scientifically measure the mass of the planet Earth. He created The Nautical Almanac, in full the ''British Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich'' using Tobias Mayer's corrections for Euler's ''Lunar Theory'' tables. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Tables for computing the apparent places of the fixt stars, and reducing observations of the planets. : By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B.D. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society, and astronomer royal. Published by the president and council of the Royal Society, at the public expence

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    Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the prismatic micrometer By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, ... Read at the Royal Society, December 18, 1777.

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    An answer to a pamphlet entitled "A narrative of facts," lately published by Mr. Thomas Mudge, junior, relating to some time-keepers constructed by his father Mr. Thomas Mudge; ... By Nevil Maskelyne,..

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    Instructions relative to the observation of the ensuing transit of the planet Venus over the sun's disk, on the 3d of June 1769. By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, ..

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    An account of the going of Mr. John Harrison's watch, at the Royal observatory, from May 6th, 1766, to March 4th, 1767 Together with the original observations and calculations of the same.

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    Astronomical observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in the years 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. : By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B.D. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society, and Astronomer Royal. Published by the President and Council of the Royal Society, at the public expence, in obedience to His Majesty's Command

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    Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788 By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, ... Read at the Royal Society, June 29, 1786.

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    An account of the going of Mr. John Harrison's watch, at the Royal Observatory, from May 6th, 1766, to March 4th, 1767. : Together with the original observation and calcultions of the same. By the Revd. Nevil Maskelyne, astronomer royal. Published by order of the commissioners of longitude

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    The British mariner's guide Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, ... By Nevil Maskelyne, ...

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    A plan for observing the meteors called fire-balls, by Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F.R.S. and Astronomer Royal
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1783

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    Astronomical observations made at the island of St. Helena : By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. Fellow of Trinity-College, in the University of Cambridge, F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, Dcc. 20, 1764, and Jan. 24, 1765
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1765

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    An account of observations made on the mountain Schehallien : for finding its attraction. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B.D.F.R.S. and astronomer royal. Read at the Royal Society, July 6, 1775
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1776

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    M. de Luc's rule for measuring heights by the barometer : reduced To the English Measure of Length, and Adapted to Fahrenheit's Thermometer, and other Scales of Heat, and reduced to a more convenient Expression. By the Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Society January 13, 1774
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1774

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    Some remarks upon the equation of time : and the true Manner of Computing it. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. Fellow of Trinity-College, in the University of Cambridge, F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society Dec. 13, 1764
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1765

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    Tables for computing the apparent places of the fixt stars, and reducing observations of the planets By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B.D. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society, and astronomer royal. Published by the president and council of the Royal Society, at the public expence.
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1774

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    Observations of the transit of Venus over the sun, and the eclipse of the sun, on June III, MDCCLXIX. made at the Royal Observatory. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne,..
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1769

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    An account of observations made on the mountain Schehallien for finding its attraction. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, ..
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1776

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    An answer to a pamphlet entitled "A narrative of facts," lately published by Mr. Thomas Mudge, junior, relating to some time-keepers constructed by his father Mr. Thomas Mudge, wherein is given an account of the trial of his first time-keeper ..
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1792

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    Remarks on the Hadley's quadrant, tending principally to remove the difficulties which have hitherto attended the use of the back-observation, ... By Nevil Maskelyne,..
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1772

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    An answer to a pamphlet entitled "A narrative of facts," : lately published by Mr. Thomas Mudge, Junior, relating to some time-keepers constructed by his father Mr. Thomas Mudge : wherein is given an account of the trials of his first time-keeper, and of the three trials of his two other time-keepers, between the years 1774 and 1790, by order of the Board of Longitude, at the Royal observatory : and also the conduct of the Astronomer Royal, and the resolutions of the Board of Longitude, respecting them, are vindicated from Mr. Mudge's misrepresentations /
    by Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811
    Published 1792

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