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" Charles, he startled at the assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue ; said, with some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen ;" and further (when it was urged to him how... "
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Page 56
by Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1897
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

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
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue ; said, with some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen ;" and further (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of observations...
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Records of General Science, Volume 1

1835 - 502 pages
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue ; said, with some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined and corrected, for the use of his seamen ;" and further, (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of observations...
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An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-royal: Compiled ...

Francis Baily - 1835 - 758 pages
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue ; said, with some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined and corrected, for the " use of his seamen ;" and further, (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of observations...
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Magazine of Popular Science, and Journal of the Useful Arts, Volume 1

1836 - 432 pages
...existing tables of the moon's motion. The king, startled at the assertion, said with some warmth, " he must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected for the use of his seamen." And on the necessity of accurate observations for this purpose being further intimated,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

1836 - 602 pages
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue ; said, with some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen ;" and further (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of observations...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumes 55-56

1836 - 1184 pages
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false iu the catalogue ; said, \vith some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen ;" and further (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of observations...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

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
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue ; said, with some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen ;" and further (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of observations...
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History of the Inductive Sciences: VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics ...

William Whewell - 1847 - 650 pages
...assertion of the fixed stars ' places being false in the catalogue, and said with some vehemence, " He must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen.'" Tlii> was the immediate occasion of building Greenwich Observatory, and placing Flamsteed...
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A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents, Volume 1

Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 570 pages
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue 45 ; said with some vehemence, ' he must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen;' and, further, (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of observations...
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A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents, Volume 1

Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 582 pages
...assertion of the fixed stars' places being false in the catalogue45; said with some vehemence, ' he must have them anew observed, examined, and corrected, for the use of his seamen ;' and, further, (when it was urged to him how necessary it was to have a good stock of...
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