Nevil Maskelyne
Nevil Maskelyne (; 6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. He was the first person to scientifically measure the mass of the planet Earth. He created The Nautical Almanac, in full the ''British Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich'' using Tobias Mayer's corrections for Euler's ''Lunar Theory'' tables. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1763
Published 1763
printed for the author; and sold by J. Nourse, in the Strand; Mess. Mount and Page, on Tower-Hill; and Mess. Hawes, Clarke, and Collins, in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1774
Published 1774
Printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by J. Nourse, bookseller to His Majesty
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by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1774
Published 1774
Printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by J. Nourse, bookseller to His Majesty
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by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1767
Published 1767
Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark; and sold by John Nourse, and Mess. Mount and Page
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by Croswell, William
Published 1791
Other Authors:
“...Maskelyne, Nevil...”Published 1791
Printed at Boston by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street