 Observer' at a salary of 100£ per annum, his duty being 'forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired...  Popular Astronomy - Síða 154eftir Simon Newcomb - 1878 - 578 síðurHeildartexta - Um bókina
 | 1866 - 1004 síður
...appointing him " Our Astronomical Observator," and enjoining him "forthwith to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so-much-dcsired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation."... | |
 | 1867 - 522 síður
...payment of his salary, he is styled " our Astronomical Observator ; " and he is directed " forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence...of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, go as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation."... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory - 1867 - 732 síður
...Greenwich, is directed by his warrant of office "to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to rectifying the tables of the motions of the Heavens,...places of the Fixed Stars, in order to find out the so-much-desired longitude at sea, for perfecting the Art of Navigation;" and the original inscription... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1887 - 676 síður
...which appears to come within the terms of the Royal Warrant directing the Astronomer-Royal ' to rectify the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars.' "The appointment of a clerk, which has presumably received the sanction of the Admiralty, will, when... | |
 | 1872 - 502 síður
...Astronomer Royal of Greenwich has long had it as part of his warrant of office that he "apply himself to rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens...to find out the so much desired longitude at sea, and perfect the art of navigation." How much does the world owe to the navigator on the deep and the... | |
 | 1874 - 614 síður
...ascertained. .; • The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was built in the reign of Charles II. ' for the rectifying the , tables of the motions ' of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as ' to find out the longitudes of places for the perfecting the art ' of navigation.' Flamsteed,... | |
 | 1875 - 670 síður
...charge as the first Astronomer Royal. He was particularly enjoined " to apply himself with the utmost care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of...find out the so much desired longitude at sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." FJamsteed said " that after two thousand years we find the best... | |
 | 1875 - 844 síður
...tracked and ascertained. The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was built in the reign of Charles II. " for the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the longitudes of places for the perfecting the art of navigation." Flamsteed, a... | |
 | 1876 - 322 síður
...styled "our Astronomical Observator," and it is declared that the duty of the office is " forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence...of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places, for the perfecting the art of navigation."... | |
 | United States. Navy Dept - 1877 - 364 síður
...his warrant of office "to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places...fixed stars, in order to find out the so much desired longitnde at sea for perfecting the art of navigation ;'' and the present Astronomer Royal, Sir George... | |
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