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Nevil Maskelyne, fifth British Astronomer Royal, (1815).Artist: Page

Nevil Maskelyne, fifth British Astronomer Royal, (1815).Artist: Page

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Nevil Maskelyne, fifth British Astronomer Royal, (1815). 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 establish the Nautical Almanack in 1766.

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  1. Page, attributed to: : Artist, engraver
Subject
  1. Nevil Maskelyne: British, English: Astronomer
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3624x4839
File Size : 51,377kb

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  1. 0580001367
  1. 1-149-377
  1. 1149377
  1. 1367
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