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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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A letter most humbly addressed to Doctor Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, & F.R.S. on the discovery of a new reflecting telescope : By Samuel Francis, Philomath

by Francis, Samuel
Published 1798

printed for, and sold by, the author, No. 5, Old Cavendish-Street

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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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Memoir of a map of the county of Surrey; from a survey made in the years 1789 and 1790. By Joseph Lindley, late assistant to the Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, and William Crosley, land surveyor

by Lindley, Joseph
Published 1793

Printed by George Bigg, for Lindley and Crosley, No. 10, Surrey place; and sold by Mr. Faden, geographer to His Majesty, Charing Cross; Mr. Russel, Gildsord; Messrs. Strange and Banham, Kingston; Mr. Wildgoose, Croydon; and Mr. R. Whitton, Chertisey

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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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A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hill in this Kingdom by astronomical observations : By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal. Read at the Ro...

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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The binomial theorem demonstrated by the principles of multiplication : By the Rev. Abram Robertson, A.M. of Christ Church, Oxford, F.R.S. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Maskelyne, F....

by Robertson, Abram
Published 1795

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A narrative of facts relating to some time-keepers, constructed by Mr. Thomas Mudge, for the discovery of the longitude at sea: together with observations upon the conduct of the Astronomer Royal...

by Mudge, Thomas
Published 1792

printed for Thomas Payne, near the Mews Gate, St. Martin's

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Observations for determining the length of a degree of latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in North America : By Messieurs Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. To...

by Mason, Charles
Published 1769

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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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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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Tables of logarithms of all numbers, from 1 to 101000 : and of the sines and tangents to every second of the quadrant. By Michael Taylor, author of the sexagesimal table. With a pr...

by Taylor, Michael
Published 1792

printed by Christopher Buckton, Great Pulteney Street; and sold by Francis Wingrave, Bookseller, successor to Mr. Nourse in the Strand

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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 extract from a letter of the Rev. Mr. John Hellins : formerly assistant to Mr. (now Dr.) Maskelyne, the Astronomer-Royal at Greenwich Observatory, to Francis Maseres, Esq. Dated...

by Hellins, John
Published 1792

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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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Parker's projection of the longitude at sea: whereby the mariners may be enabled to correct their accounts thereof, as often as they shall have the benefit of a clear sky and calm sea, at the time of the moon's visible southing. Communicated to and approved of by Dr. Halley, Astronomer Royal. By Benjamin...

by Parker, Benjamin
Published 1731

printed by A. Ayscough for S. Hodgkinson in, Derby, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster and at most seaport towns in England: also by Jer Roe, Bookseller in Derby

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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

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