 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...  Journal - Page 311by Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1891Full view - About this book
 | Robin Eagles - 2002 - 544 pages
...appointed the first astronomer-royal. fifi, I 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 for the perfecting the art of navigation.... | |
 | Christine L. Krueger - 2002 - 216 pages
...II to address the longitude question and was charged to apply "the most exact Care and Diligence to 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 at Sea, for perfecting the art of Navigation."6 The... | |
 | Jack Lagan - 2003 - 368 pages
...following mission statement: 'To apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of 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 for the perfecting of the art of navigation.'... | |
 | Bruce D. Berkowitz - 2003 - 274 pages
...the Astronomer Royal, "to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of 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 for perfecting the art of navigation."6 Seven... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - 2004 - 646 pages
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 | Fred Watson - 2004 - 368 pages
...observator, forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars ... for the perfecting of the art of navigation'. Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, was to be... | |
 | Peter Dickens - 2004 - 304 pages
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