Publications of Nevil Maskelyne

Author

  • Maskelyne, Nevil. The British mariner's guide. Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley's Quadrant. To which are added, An Appendix, containing a Variety of interesting Rules and Directions, tending to the Improvement of Practical Navigation in general. And a Sett of correct Astronomical tables. By Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society. London: printed for the author; and sold by J. Nourse, in the Strand; Mess. Mount and Page, on Tower-Hill; and Mess. Hawes, Clarke, and Collins, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLXIII. [1763]. ESTC No. T58799. Grub Street ID 284887.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. An account of the going of Mr. John Harrison's watch, at the Royal Observatory, from May 6th, 1766, to March 4th, 1767. Together with the original observations and calculations of the same. By the Revd. Nevil Maskelyne. London: printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark; sold by John Nourse, and Mess. Mount and Page, 1767. ESTC No. T18812. Grub Street ID 223959.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Instructions relative to the observation of the ensuing transit of the planet Venus over the sun's disk, on the 3d of June 1769. By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal. London: printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark, M.DCC.LXVIII. [1768]. ESTC No. T122533. Grub Street ID 173203.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Observations of the transit of Venus over the sun, and the eclipse of the sun, on June III, MDCCLXIX. made at the Royal Observatory. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal. London: printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, MDCCLXIX. [1769]. ESTC No. T65079. Grub Street ID 289998.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Remarks on the Hadley's quadrant, tending principally To remove the Difficulties which have hitherto attended the Use of the Back-Observation, and To obviate the Errors that might arise from a Want of Parallelism in the two Surfaces of the Index-Glass. By Nevil Maskelyne, F.R.S. Astronomer Royal. London: printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]. ESTC No. T59672. Grub Street ID 285670.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Tables for computing the apparent places of the fixt stars, and reducing observations of the planets. By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, ... London: printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by J. Nourse, 1774. ESTC No. T103710. Grub Street ID 157326.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Astronomical observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in the years 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, ... Published by the President and Council of the Royal Society, at the public expence, ... London: printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by J. Nourse, 1774. ESTC No. T204470. Grub Street ID 235194.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. M. de Luc's rule for measuring heights by the barometer, reduced To the English Measure of Length, and Adapted to Fahrenheit's Thermometer, and other Scales of Heat, and reduced to a more convenient Expression. By the Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Society January 13, 1774. London: printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]. ESTC No. T59671. Grub Street ID 285669.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Astronomical observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, from the year MDCCLXV to the year MDCCLXXIV. By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, ... London: printed by William Richardson; and sold by J. Nourse, 1776-1811. ESTC No. T103709. Grub Street ID 157324.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the prismatic micrometer. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. And Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Society, December 18, 1777. London: printed by J. Nichols (successor to Mr. Bowyer), MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]. ESTC No. T122532. Grub Street ID 173202.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. And Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Society, June 29, 1786. London: printed by J. Nichols, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]. ESTC No. T117877. Grub Street ID 169451.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. Concerning the latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich; with remarks on a memorial of the late M. Cassini de Thury. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, ... Read at the Royal Society, Feb. 22, 1787. London: printed by J. Nichols, 1787. ESTC No. T160905. Grub Street ID 200174.
  • Maskelyne, Nevil. An answer to a pamphlet entitled "A narrative of facts," lately published by Mr. Thomas Mudge, junior, relating to some time-keepers constructed by his father Mr. Thomas Mudge; Wherein is Given An Account of the Trial of his First Time-Keeper, and of the Three Trials of his Two Other Time-Keepers, Between the Years 1774 and 1790, By Order of the Board of Longitude, At the Royal Observatory: And also the Conduct of the Astronomer Royal, and the Resolutions of the Board of Longitude, respecting them, Are Vindicated from Mr. Mudge's Misrepresentations. By Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal. London: printed for F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand, M,DCC,XCII. [1792]. ESTC No. T68329. Grub Street ID 292593.