 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...  Our home islands [by T. Milner - Page 209by Thomas Milner - 1857Full view - About this book
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 584 pages
...then called, was commanded "to apply himself forthwith, with the utmost care and diligence, to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the...stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation/'2 No further steps seem to have been taken in this... | |
 | Urbain J.-J Le Verrier - 1855 - 456 pages
...des comètes; les (*) That they should apply themselves with the utmost care and diligence to rectify 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 the sea, for the perfection of the art of navigation.... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1856 - 218 pages
...Astronomical Observator," his duty is declared to be " to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens and the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired...longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." ASTRONOMY. — MASKELYNE — PELAMBRE. [Diss. VI. (183.) (154.) systematic reduction of all the lunar... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1858 - 80 pages
...was deemed necessary to found a National Observatory, " to rectify," as the warrant expressed it, " the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places...longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." It was by the advice of Sir Christiv pher Wren that the Observatory was placed on its present site,... | |
 | 1860 - 394 pages
...accordingly, in the warrant of the first Astronomer Royal, his duty is defined to be, — "to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so-muchdesired longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." You... | |
 | Robert Main - 1860 - 56 pages
...accordingly, in the warrant of the first Astronomer Royal, his duty is defined to be, — " to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so -muchdesired longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." You... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1860 - 160 pages
...its founder and those who inaugurated its first proceedings. The duty assigned to it was " to rectify 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, for perfecting the art of navigation;" and... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1861 - 602 pages
...its founder and those who inaugurated its first proceedings. The duty assigned to it was " to rectify 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, for perfecting the art of navigation ;"... | |
 | 1866 - 1004 pages
...to appreciate the more readily how it M done. The Hoyal warrant imposes upon the astronomer the task of " rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars." Let us see what this means. We will take the second item first, and treat of the fixed stars, for they... | |
 | 1867 - 522 pages
...Observator ; " and he is directed " 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, go as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation."... | |
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