[Collection of printed Acts of Parliament and two contemporary newspaper articles relating to calendar reform and standardization and to the contest for the invention of a method of accurately measuring longitude at sea]. [between 1751 and 1806]

Great Britain. Parliament

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The Ashantee (also spelled Ashanti) Invasion of Britain's Gold Coast protectorates began in December 1872. British forces responded with their own expedition and invasion of the Ashantee nation in January 1874, resulting in the Battle of Amoaful and the destruction of Kumasi. From the description of British Parliamentary papers on the Ashantee Invasion, 1873-1877. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 586073390 With the execution of Charles I on January 30, 1649, th...

Harrison, John, 1693-1776

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Mayer, Tobias, 1723-1762

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German astronomer, mathematician (cartography, astronomy). 1745 Homann Cartographic Bureau (Nuremberg); 1750 professor of astronomy in Göttingen, 1754 Director of Göttingen Observatory. From the description of Papers, 1747-1760. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84008675 German astronomer, mathematician. Director of Göttingen Observatory, 1754. From the description of Letters. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84429585 ...

Earnshaw, Thomas, 1749-1829

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Epithet: inventor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000342 ...

Heath, Robert, -1779

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