 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 Canadian Record of Science - Page 4031893Full view - About this book
 | 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...order to find out the so much desired longitude at the sea, for the perfection of the art of navigation. mouvements et la nature tics étoiles; les nébuleuses... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 pages
...determined to establish a national observatory, for the purpose, as the royal warrant expressed it, of 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 at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." The... | |
 | 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 of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." It was... | |
 | 1860 - 568 pages
...his late Majesty Astronomical Observator at Greenwich, with a Salary of 100A a year, and was required to apply himself with the most exact 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... | |
 | 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 all know this, Gentlemen,... | |
 | 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 all know this, Gentlemen,... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1872 - 442 pages
...turned up in the person of Flamsteed, and he was commanded forthwith to " apply himself with the utmost care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...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."... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 pages
...in succession severally oommissioned and expressly commanded each " to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence to the 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... | |
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