 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 the so much desired...  The Quarterly visitor, conducted by W. Passman - Page 53edited by - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1850 - 378 pages
...his successors were 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 sea, for the perfecting of the art of navigation. It was not however till... | |
 | charles black - 1850 - 630 pages
...Observatory: his title in the warrant is 'our astronomical observator;' and his duty is 'to rectify 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.' The... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...Baily's Life, pp. 37-8 ; but particularly Flamsteed'a letter to SliiTbcnii nr, in the same work, p. 126. 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." The... | |
 | 1850 - 604 pages
...Baily's Life, pp. 87-8 ; but particularly Flamsteed's letter to Snerbourne, in the same work, p. 125. 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." The... | |
 | Robert Grant - 1852 - 686 pages
...is declared that the duty of his office is " 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 the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation."... | |
 | John Weale - 1852 - 966 pages
...observatory, for the express purpose, as the warrant of the first Astronomer Royal expressed it, " to rectify 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." Through... | |
 | John Weale - 1854 - 1004 pages
...observatory, for the express purpose, as the warrant of the first Astronomer Royal expressed it, " to rectify 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." Through... | |
 | Urbain J.-J Le Verrier - 1855 - 454 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. mouvements et la... | |
 | 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 places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation/'2... | |
 | Archaeological mine - 1855 - 420 pages
...observatory, for the express purpose, as the warrant of the first Astronomer Royal expressed it, "to rectify 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" Flamstead... | |
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