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The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer.Artist: E Scriven
The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer. 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.
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
19th century
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Astronomer
Astronomer Royal
Astronomy
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Black & White
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Book
Britain
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E
E Scriven
eighteenth century
England
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JOB
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LOCATION
LONGITUDE
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Maskelyne
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Nautical Almanack
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Nevil Maskelyne
NINETEENTH CENTURY
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Scriven
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