Sujet
Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer, (1836).Artist: E Scriven
Légende
Nevil Maskelyne, English astronomer, 1836. 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.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1836
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C24_259
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,1Mo (5,9Mo) / 31,8cm x 39,5cm / 3758 x 4662 (300dpi)