| RGO Archives/RGO 4 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 287 |
Mercator's Sailing |
| 288 |
Book on nautical astronomy |
| 289 |
Astronomical equations and tables |
| 290 |
Paper on sundials |
| 291 |
Tables on parallax and occultations |
| 292 |
Errors in lunar distances |
| 293 |
Paper on transit instrument errors |
| 294 |
Description of Hooke's reflecting quadrant |
| 295 |
Account of Hadley's quadrant |
| 296 |
Astronomical observations and reductions |
| 297 |
Booklet on optics, mathematics, physics and astronomy |
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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne
| Title |
Errors in lunar distances |
| Reference |
RGO 4/292
(former reference: A2/421P) |
| Covering Dates |
1765–1766 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 envelope |
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| Content and context |
'To clear the distance of the Moon from a star from the effects of refraction and parallax', February 1766. The envelope include copies of reports made to the Board of Longitude by John Howe, undated, and M. Roper of Thorley Hall, 9 July 1765, on the method of Israel Lyons and George Witchell for correcting observed distances. There are also a number of tables on the Sun's parallax. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Board of Longitude |
| Lyons, Israel (1739-1775) mathematician and botanist |
| Witchell, George (1728-1785) mathematician |
| No further on-line information. |
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