 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 pages
...observers, the Astronomers Royal, were in succession severally oommissioned and expressly commanded each " to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence...rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting... | |
 | 1866 - 1004 pages
...little of its original is to be seen, and now, as in aforetime, " our Royal Observator " is " applying himself with the utmost care and diligence to the...rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens ; " but he is aided by a staff of able assistants, and instruments of the highest order of perfection,... | |
 | 1867 - 522 pages
...our Astronomical Observator ; " and he is directed " forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...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."... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory - 1867 - 732 pages
...Greenwich, is directed by his warrant of office "to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to 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, for perfecting the Art of Navigation;" and... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1887 - 676 pages
...which appears to come within the terms of the Royal Warrant directing the Astronomer-Royal ' to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars.' "The appointment of a clerk, which has presumably received the sanction of the Admiralty, will, when... | |
 | 1872 - 502 pages
...Astronomer Royal of Greenwich has long had it as part of his warrant of office that he "apply himself to 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, and perfect the art of navigation." How... | |
 | 1874 - 614 pages
...ascertained. .; • The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was built in the reign of Charles II. ' for the rectifying the , tables of the motions ' of the...places of the fixed stars, so as ' to find out the longitudes of places for the perfecting the art ' of navigation.' Flamsteed, a , contemporary of Newton,... | |
 | 1875 - 670 pages
...and FLAMSTEED appointed to its charge as the first Astronomer Royal. He was particularly enjoined " to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence...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." FJamsteed... | |
 | 1875 - 844 pages
...tracked and ascertained. The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was built in the reign of Charles II. " for the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens,...the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the longitudes of places for the perfecting the art of navigation." Flamsteed, a contemporary of Newton,... | |
 | 1876 - 322 pages
...and it is declared that the duty of the office is " forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...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." The warrant for the... | |
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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... 
