 | Science - 1825 - 470 pages
...were commanded, " That they should apply themselves, with the utmost care and diligence, to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so-much desired lo'ngitude at sea, for the perfection of the art of navigation."... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1827 - 262 pages
...and his successors, " That they should apply themselves with the utmost care and diligence to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting of the art of navigation."... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - Science - 1861 - 604 pages
...founder and those vrho inaugurated its first proceedings. The duty assigned to it was " to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation ;"... | |
 | John Vose - Astronomy - 1834 - 230 pages
...and his successors, " that they should apply themselves with the utmost care and diligence to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens, -and the places of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for the perfecting of the art of navigation."... | |
 | Francis Baily - Astronomers - 1835 - 758 pages
...Flamsteed, master of arts, our astronomical observator, forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out * Probably the letter alluded to in the note in page 33. the so much-desired longitude of places for... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 600 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so-much desired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation,1 &c. The next thing... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 602 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so-much desired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation,' &c. The next thing... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 1184 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so-much desired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation,' 1 8tc. The next thing... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 602 pages
...yearly salary of one hundred pounds, and instructions ' forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to And out the so-much desired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation,' &.c. The... | |
 | Francis Baily - Astronomers - 1837 - 96 pages
...Astronomical Observator at the Observatory at Greenwich, with a salary ol " £100 a year, and directed to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence...to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavenly bodies and places " of the fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitude... | |
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Observer' at a salary of 100£ per annum, his duty being 'forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired... 
