RGO Archives/RGO 4 contains:
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38	Calculations and observations
39	Sun's longitude and latitude
40	Sun's longitude and latitude
41	Computations for the Sun, Moon and planets
42	Computations for the Sun, Moon and planets
43	Computations for the Sun and Moon
44	Computations for the Sun and Moon
45	Longitudes and latitudes
46	Errors of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
47	Computations for miscellaneous phenomena
48	Calculations of the Sun's longitude
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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne

Title	Computations for the Sun and Moon
Reference	RGO 4/43 (former reference: A1/344)
Covering Dates	1765–1767
Extent and Medium	1 volume

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Computations of the positions of the Moon and Sun.

1. Computation of Moon's tabular place, 20 November 1765 - 29 April 1766.

2. Cosine and tangent tables.

3. Computations and calculations of the equinoxes, 1766-1767.

4. Reduction of the apparent time of the Sun's passing the meridian to mean time.

5. Sun's position computed from Johann Mayer's tables, 8 May 1766 - 10 May 1767.

6. Moon's position computed from Mayer's tables, 14 May 1766 - 18 December 1766.

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Mayer, Johann Tobias (1723-1762) astronomer

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