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" Court, to receive his proposals ; with power to elect, and to receive into their number, any other skilful persons : and, having heard them, to give the King an account of them, with their opinion whether or no they were practicable, and would show what... "
An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-royal: Compiled ... - Page 37
by Francis Baily - 1835 - 672 pages
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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
...Jonas Moore carried me with him to one of their meetings, where 1 was chosen into their number ; aud, after the Frenchman's proposals were read, which were...height of the pole : — All to degrees and minutes. ' It was easy to perceive, from these demands, that the Sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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Records of General Science, Volume 1

1835 - 502 pages
...and made an interest with a French lady, then in favour at Court, proposed no less than the discoyery of the Longitude : and had procured a kind of Commission...height of the pole : — All to degrees and minutes. It was easy to perceive, from these demands, that the Sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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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
...Ward (Bishop of Salisbury), Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Charles Scarborough, Sir Jonas Moore, Colonel Titus, Dr. Pell, Sir Robert Murray, Mr. Hook, and...height of the pole : — All to degrees and minutes. ' It was easy to perceive, from these demands, that the Sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

1836 - 602 pages
...of Salisbury), Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Charles Scarborough, Sir J onas Moore, Colonel Titus, l3r. Pell, Sir Robert Murray, Mr. Hook, and some other...height of the pole : — All to degrees and minutes. ' It was easy to perceive, from these demands, that the Sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumes 55-56

1836 - 1184 pages
...pretended. Sir Jonas Moore carried me with him to one of their meetings, where I was chosen into thtir number; and, after the Frenchman's proposals were...height of the pole :•—All to degrees and minutes. ' It was easy to perceive, from these demands, that the Sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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The North British Review, Volumes 20-21

1854 - 686 pages
...the Frenchman's proposals were read, which were— "1. To have the year and day of the observation. " 2. The height of two stars, and on which side of the...the moon's two limbs. " 4. The height of the pole : According to degrees and minutes. " It was easy to perceive from these demands that M. Sieur understood...
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A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents, Volume 1

Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 582 pages
...and would shew what he pretended. Sir Jonas Moore carried me with him to one of their meetings, when I was chosen into their number ; and, after the Frenchman's...The height of the pole : all to degrees and minutes ; it was easy to perceive from these demands that the Sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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A History of the Royal Society, with Memoris of the Presidents, Volume 1

Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 570 pages
...and would shew what he pretended. Sir Jonas Moore carried me with him to one of their meetings, when I was chosen into their number; and, after the Frenchman's...The height of the pole : all to degrees and minutes; it was easy to perceive from these demands that the Sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 31

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pages
...the Frenchman's proposals were read, which were, — 1 . To have the year and day of the observation. 2. The height of two stars, and on which side of the...of the moon's two limbs. 4. The height of the pole : According to degrees and minutes. It was easy to perceive from those demande, that M. Sieur understood...
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and Work

Edward Walter Maunder - 1900 - 328 pages
...was chosen into their number ; and, after, the Frenchman's proposals were read, which were : ' (i) To have the year and day of the observations. ' (2)...height of the pole— all to degrees and minutes. ' It was easy to perceive, from these demands, that the sieur understood not that the best lunar tables...
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