RGO Archives/RGO 4 contains:
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81	Moon's observed place
82	Moon's longitude
83	Computation of Moon's place
84	Mason's lunar tables
85	Lunar computations
86	Lunar tables
87	Computations for the Sun and Moon
88	Computation of the Moon's place
89	Computation of the Moon's place
90	Computation of the Moon's place
91	Computation of the Moon's place
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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne

Title	Lunar tables
Reference	RGO 4/86 (former reference: A1/388)
Covering Dates	1750–1778
Extent and Medium	1 volume

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Lunar tables in longitude and latitude according to the Newtonian law of gravity, by Charles Mason, 1778. The volume includes a disapproval of Mason's fee from the Board of Longitude; an example of computing the Moon's longitude and latitude; annual equations of the Moon's anomaly and ascending node; and computed longitude and latitude compared with observed longitude and latitude, with corrections, 13 September 1750 - 2 November 1760.

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Board of Longitude

Mason, Charles (1728-1786) astronomer and mathematician

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