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_aMaskelyne, Nevil, _d1732-1811, _eauthor. |
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_aTables requisite to be used with the nautical ephemeris, for finding the latitude and longitude at sea : _bpublished by order of the Commissioners of Longitude / _cNevil Maskelyne. |
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_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014. |
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_a1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : _bdigital, PDF file(s). |
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| 490 | 1 | _aCambridge library collection. Mathematics | |
| 500 | _aOriginally published in London by T. Bensley in 1802. | ||
| 520 | _aSuccessful long-distance navigation depends on knowing latitude and longitude, and the determination of longitude depends on knowing the exact time at some fixed point on the earth's surface. Since Newton it had been hoped that a method based on accurate prediction of the moon's orbit would give such a time. Building on the work of Euler, Thomas Mayer and others, the astronomer and mathematician Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811) was able to devise such a method and yearly publication of the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris placed it in the hands of every ship's captain. First published in 1767 and reissued here in the revised third edition of 1802, the present work provided the necessary tables and instructions. The development of rugged and accurate chronometers eventually displaced Maskelyne's method, but navigators continued to make use of it for many decades. This edition of the tables notably formed part of the library of the Beagle on Darwin's famous voyage. | ||
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_aNavigation _vTables. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aNautical astronomy. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLogarithms. | |
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_iPrint version: _z9781108068925 |
| 830 | 0 | _aCambridge library collection. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107049642 |
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