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Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer, 1804. Maskelyne (1732-1811) was Astronomer Royal from 1765-1811. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1758. Maskelyne proposed a means of calculating longitude based on measuring lunar distances and publishing them in a form accessible to navigators, leading to him establishing the Nautical Almanack in 1766. In the background is Flamsteed House, the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park.

Unique Identifier AR924765

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3527px × 4951px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Astronomer Royal

Black and white

eighteenth century

Flamsteed House

Nautical Almanack

Nevil Maskelyne

NINETEENTH CENTURY

Oxford Science Archive

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Royal Observatory