 | Andrew Mackay - 1809 - 412 pages
...II. in the year 1675, and Mr. Flamstead appointed Astronomer Royal. The words of his commission were, To apply himself >with the utmost care and diligence to the rectifying tbe tables of the motions 'f the heavens, and tbe places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the... | |
 | Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 1068 pages
...by them. • The words of the commission that appoints the Astronomer Royal of Greenwich enjoin him, 'to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence...to the rectifying the Tables of the Motions of the Heavens, and the places of the Fixed Stars, in order to find out the so much desired Longitude at sea,... | |
 | Robert Woodhouse - 1821 - 922 pages
...by them. * The words of the commission that appoints the Astronomer Royal of Greenwich enjoin him, 'to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence...to the rectifying the Tables of the Motions of the Heavens, and the places of the Fixed Stars, in order to find out the so much desired Longitude at sea,... | |
 | 1824 - 394 pages
...Woolwich, and appointed Mr. Flamstead his astronomical observer, with the express command that he should apply himself with the utmost care and diligence to the rectifying the table of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so-much-admired... | |
 | Francis Baily - 1835 - 758 pages
...Flamsteed, master of arts, our astronomical observator, forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out * Probably the letter alluded to in the... | |
 | 1836 - 602 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to And out the so-much desired longitude of places,... | |
 | 1836 - 1184 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so-much desired longitude of places,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 602 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so-much desired longitude of places,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 600 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so-much desired longitude of places,... | |
 | 1845 - 636 pages
...completion and furnishing it with accurate instruments. By the words of Flamsteed's commission, he was directed " to apply himself with the utmost care and...to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, in order to lind the somuch desired longitude at sea, for... | |
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our astronomical observer" at a salary of £100 per annum, his duty being "forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out... 
