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... The Observatory - Page 2721927Full view - About this book
| John Vose - 1827 - 262 pages
...and his successors, " That they should apply themselves with the utmost care and diligence to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the...to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting of the art of navigation." The British parliament, in the year 1714, offered a reward... | |
| 1835 - 904 pages
...of our Ordnance." apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tablet 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 ; our... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1861 - 604 pages
...founder and those vrho inaugurated its first proceedings. The duty assigned to it was " to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places...to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation ;" and gloriously has it executed its task. For two centuries... | |
| John Vose - 1834 - 230 pages
...and his successors, " that they should apply themselves with the utmost care and diligence to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens, -and the...to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting of the art of navigation." In 1714, the British parliament offered £10,000 for... | |
| Francis Baily - 1835 - 758 pages
...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 * Probably the letter alluded to in the note in page 33. the so much-desired longitude... | |
| 1836 - 602 pages
...instructions ' 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,'... | |
| 1836 - 602 pages
...instructions ' 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 And out the so-much desired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation,'... | |
| 1836 - 600 pages
...instructions ' 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,1... | |
| 1836 - 1184 pages
...instructions ' 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,'... | |
| Francis Baily - 1837 - 96 pages
...utmost care and diligence " to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavenly bodies and places " of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitude at sea. " That the Doctor did so apply himself as was required of him, and that with " consummate skill and... | |
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