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The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer.Artist: E Scriven
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The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer. Maskelyne (1732-1811) was Astronomer Royal from 1765-1811. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1758. Maskelyne proposed a means of calculating longitude based on measuring lunar distances and publishing them in a form accessible to navigators, leading to him establishing the Nautical Almanack in 1766.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C19_347
Model release
Non
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,1Mo (4,2Mo) / 31,7cm x 39,6cm / 3743 x 4674 (300dpi)