 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...  A Complete System of Astronomy - Page 499by Samuel Vince - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Archaeological mine - 1855 - 420 pages
...national 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
...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... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1860 - 160 pages
...upon it by its founder and those who inaugurated its first proceedings. The duty assigned to it was " to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens...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 it has... | |
 | Robert Main - 1860 - 56 pages
...idea, and, 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...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
...idea, and, 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...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 - 568 pages
...with the most exact 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 the art of Navigation. " That the said Dr. Bradley did continue to receive the said yearly Salary,... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1861 - 602 pages
...upon it by its founder and those who inaugurated its first proceedings. The duty assigned to it was " to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens...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 it has... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 pages
...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...much desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting the art of navigation." The labors of the earlier Astronomers Royal, extending through nearly a century,... | |
 | 1866 - 1004 pages
...and enjoining him "forthwith to apply himself with the utmost 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-dcsired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation."... | |
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