Nevil Maskelyne: The Seaman's Astronomer
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Book Details
Author(s)
Derek Howse
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN / ASIN
052136261X
ISBN-13
9780521362610
Sales Rank
#6,266,607
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United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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.
