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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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Titre: The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer. Artist: E Scriven
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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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Taille de l'image: 3743 × 4674 px | 50.1 MB
Taille d'impression: 31.7 × 39.6 cm | 1473.6 × 1840.2 in (300 dpi)