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" 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 53
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volumes 9-10

Astronomical Society of the Pacific - 1897 - 650 pages
...Arts, our astronomical observator, forthwith 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, so as to find out the so much-desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation."...
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Report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Observatory. 1899

United States. Navy Dept. Board of visitors to the United States naval observatory - 1899 - 92 pages
...of each astronomer royal: "To apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the motions of the heavens and the places of the, fixed stars, in order to find out the much-desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting the art of navigation." The broad and sound organization...
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and Work

Edward Walter Maunder - 1900 - 328 pages
...Master of Arts, our astronomical observator, 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,...
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The Observatory, Volume 24

1901 - 540 pages
...to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the Rectifying the Tables of the Motion 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 the Art of Navigation" ; so anything outside of...
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Historic Magazine and Notes and Queries, Volume 24

1906 - 372 pages
...in 1685, the duty of the appointee was declared to be "to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions...places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitude at sea for the perfecting the art of navigation." 142 the tables of the moon,...
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Practical Talks by an Astronomer

Harold Jacoby - 1902 - 274 pages
...Majesty's Astronomer " 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, in order to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting the art of navigation." The " so much desired...
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Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of ..., Volume 24

Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1907 - 810 pages
...appointed the King's Astronomical Observator 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....
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Sir Christopher Wren

Lena Milman - 1908 - 510 pages
...Astronomical Observator," a royal warrant '5* directing him 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."...
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Nautical Science in Its Relation to Practical Navigation: Together with a ...

Charles Lane Poor - 1910 - 380 pages
...to the warrant of Charles II., "forthwith 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, so as to find out the much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation." The...
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Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of ..., Volume 41

American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1892 - 506 pages
...astronomer-royal also declares that his duty 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 of the art of navigation."...
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