Nevil Maskelyne: The Seaman's Astronomer

Name: Nevil Maskelyne: The Seaman's Astronomer
Author: Derek Howse
ISBN: 9780521362610

Author Derek Howse

Publisher Cambridge University Press

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Author(s)Derek Howse

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN / ASIN052136261X

ISBN-139780521362610

Sales Rank6,266,607

MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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Nevil Maskelyne directed the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for 46 years (1765-1811) and supervised the production of the first 49 issues of the Nautical Almanac. This biography attempts to present the work and achievements of the fifth Astronomer Royal.