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The Principles of Hydrostatics: Designed for the Use of Students in the ... - Page 284
by Samuel Vince - 1820 - 151 pages
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: A Glance at Its History and Work

Edward Walter Maunder - 1900 - 328 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 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
...appointee was declared to be "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, 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
...to John Flamsted, the King's Astronomical Observator, who was to apply himself to the rectifying of 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 perfecting the art of navigation (p....
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Sir Christopher Wren

Lena Milman - 1908 - 520 pages
...warrant '56 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.11...
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Astronomy: A Popular Handbook

Harold Jacoby - 1913 - 526 pages
...duty of that official 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." Without the chronometer...
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland

1919 - 770 pages
...astronomj' of his day, nor understood that its purpose was practical and scientific ; for " the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars ... for the perfecting the art of navigation"; not for providing the means for astrological fortune-telling....
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The Influence of Oversea Expansion on England to 1700

James Edward Gillespie - 1920 - 396 pages
...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 the places for the perfecting of the art of navigation....
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The American Mathematical Monthly: The Official Journal of the ..., Volume 27

1920 - 514 pages
...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 longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation.'...
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