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... moon's position which enabled longitude to be determined by the method of ' lunar distances ' ; and in 1766 he founded the Nautical Almanac . Wallis was evidently supplied by Maskelyne with data on the moon's position from which ...
... moon's position which enabled longitude to be determined by the method of ' lunar distances ' ; and in 1766 he founded the Nautical Almanac . Wallis was evidently supplied by Maskelyne with data on the moon's position from which ...
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Hakluyt Society. on the moon's position from which Greenwich time could be determined and the longitude calculated ; and his observations of longitude by lunar distances produced the most accurate positions ( e.g. for the Tuamotu ...
Hakluyt Society. on the moon's position from which Greenwich time could be determined and the longitude calculated ; and his observations of longitude by lunar distances produced the most accurate positions ( e.g. for the Tuamotu ...
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... Moon at Paris as Seven hours Eight minutes in the Afternoon , for which reason I found it must be Visable where we was , about Seven or Eight next morning , therefor I Aquanted the Capt . who Orderd me to fix the Reflecting tellescope ...
... Moon at Paris as Seven hours Eight minutes in the Afternoon , for which reason I found it must be Visable where we was , about Seven or Eight next morning , therefor I Aquanted the Capt . who Orderd me to fix the Reflecting tellescope ...
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