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Astronomical observations made at the island of Barbados...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1765

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Astronomical observations made at the island of St. Helena...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1765

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A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hill in this Kingdom by astronomical observations...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1776

Subjects: “...Astronomical instruments / Early works to 1800...”

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A plan for observing the meteors called fire-balls, by Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F.R.S. and Astronomer Royal

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1783

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Astronomical observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in the years 1765, 1766, 1767...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1774

Printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by J. Nourse, bookseller to His Majesty

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Remarks on the Hadley's quadrant : tending principally To remove the Difficulties which have hitherto attended the Use of the Back-Observation, and To obviate the Errors that might...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1772

printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols

Subjects: “...Quadrants (Astronomical instruments) / Early works to 1800...”

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Observations of the transit of Venus over the sun : and the eclipse of the sun, on June III, MDCCLXIX. made at the Royal Observatory. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. an...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1769

printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols

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Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788 : By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. And Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Society, J...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1786

printed by J. Nichols

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Instructions relative to the observation of the ensuing transit of the planet Venus over the sun's disk : on the 3d of June 1769. By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. F. R. S. As...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1768

printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark

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An account of observations made on the mountain Schehallien : for finding its attraction. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B.D.F.R.S. and astronomer royal. Read at the Royal Society, J...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1776

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Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the prismatic micrometer : By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. And Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Societ...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1778

printed by J. Nichols (successor to Mr. Bowyer)

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Tables for computing the apparent places of the fixt stars, and reducing observations of the planets : By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B.D. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, a...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1774

Printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by J. Nourse, bookseller to His Majesty

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M. de Luc's rule for measuring heights by the barometer : reduced To the English Measure of Length, and Adapted to Fahrenheit's Thermometer, and other Scales of Heat, and reduced t...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1774

printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols

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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...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1792

printed for F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand

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An account of the going of Mr. John Harrison's watch, at the Royal Observatory, from May 6th, 1766, to March 4th, 1767 : Together with the original observation and calcultions of t...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
Published 1767

Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark; and sold by John Nourse, and Mess. Mount and Page

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The British mariner's guide : Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the...

by Maskelyne, Nevil
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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