Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer, (1836).Artist: E Scriven

Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer, (1836).Artist: E Scriven

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Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer, 1836. 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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Creator
  1. E Scriven, 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) : 3758x4662
File Size : 51,328kb


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  1. 0580003148
  1. 1-624-423
  1. 1624423

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