License to publish the Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemerides. 1779.

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License to publish the Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemerides. 1779.

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Document signed and sealed by the commission appointed for the discovery of the Longitude at Sea, including Maskelyne, authorizing Nourse to publish the Nautical Almanac 1781-1786.

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Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811

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Maskelyne was the 5th Astronomer Royal at Greenwich and is best known for having established the "Nautical Almanac" in 1766. From the description of Papers of Nevil Maskelyne, 1771-1809. 1771-1809. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225688734 In 1749 he entered Catharine Hall, Cambridge but migrated to Trinity College. 7th Wrangler. B. A. 1754. M. A. 1757. B. D. 1768. D. D. 1777. F. R. S. 1758. He was selected by the Royal Society to go to St. Helena to observe the t...

Dibner, Bern.

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Nourse, J. (John), -1780

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x0001ec ...