An answer to a pamphlet entitled "A narrative of facts," lately published by Mr. Thomas Mudge, junior, relating to some time-keepers constructed by his father Mr. Thomas Mudge; Wherein is Given An Account of the Trial of his First Time-Keeper, and of the Three Trials of his Two Other Time-Keepers, Between the Years 1774 and 1790, By Order of the Board of Longitude, At the Royal Observatory: And also the Conduct of the Astronomer Royal, and the Resolutions of the Board of Longitude, respecting them, Are Vindicated from Mr. Mudge's Misrepresentations. By Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
printed for F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand
1792, M,DCC,XCII. [1792]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, T68329. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The 40pp. section is the Appendix. - This defence against Thomas Mudge's charge provoked Mudge to write in the same year: 'A reply to the Answer of the Rev. Dr. Maskelyne' |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([2],128,40p) 8° |