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Suche: Main Page '''Nevil Maskelyne''' ( October 6 February 9 ) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal . He held the office from to The solar eclipse of made a deep impression upon him; and having graduated as seventh wrangler from Trinity College, Cambridge , in , he determined to devote himself wholly to astronomy He became intimate with James Bradley in , and in was deputed by the Royal Society to make observations of the transit of Venus at Saint Helena During the voyage he experimented upon the determination of longitude by lunar distances, and ultimately effected the introduction of the method into navigation In he succeeded Nathaniel Bliss as Astronomer Royal. Having energetically discharged the duties of his office during forty-six years, he died on February 9 Parallax of Sirius '', published in (''Phil. Trans.'' ii. 889). Subsequent volumes of the same series contained his observations of the transits of Venus (1761 and ), on the tides at Saint Helena ( ), and on various astronomical phenomena at Saint Helena ( ) and at Barbados In longitude at sea lunar distance s should be calculated beforehand for each year and published in a form accessible to navigators.

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Wikimedia needs your help in the final days of its fund drive. See our fundraising page The Red Cross and other charities also need your help. Nevil Maskelyne From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nevil Maskelyne. Nevil Maskelyne October 6 February 9 ) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal . He held the office from to The solar eclipse of made a deep impression upon him; and having graduated as seventh wrangler from Trinity College, Cambridge , in , he determined to devote himself wholly to astronomy . He became intimate with James Bradley in , and in was deputed by the Royal Society to make observations of the transit of Venus at Saint Helena . During the voyage he experimented upon the determination of longitude by lunar distances, and ultimately effected the introduction of the method into navigation . In he succeeded Nathaniel Bliss as Astronomer Royal. Having energetically discharged the duties of his office during forty-six years, he died on February 9 Maskelyne’s first contribution to astronomical literature was A Proposal for Discovering the Annual Parallax of Sirius , published in Phil. Trans.

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Wikim©dia a besoin de votre aide Nevil Maskelyne Un article de Wikip©dia, l'encyclop©die libre. Nevil Maskelyne 6 octobre 9 f©vrier ) est un astronome britannique astronome royal de L' ©clipse solaire de lui fait une impression profonde; et apr¨s avoir termin© ses ©tudes au Trinity College Cambridge il est d©termin©   se consacrer   l' astronomie . Il devient intime avec James Bradley en et en il est d©l©gu© par la Royal Society pour observer le transit de V©nus Sainte-H©l¨ne . Durant ce voyage il exp©rimente aussi avec la m©thode de la distance lunaire l'©cart angulaire de la position la Lune   divers moment pour les mesures de longitudes En il succ¨de   Nathaniel Bliss comme astronome royal, poste qu'il occupe pendant 46 ans jusqu'  sa mort en 1811. Sa premi¨re contribution est A Proposal for Discovering the Annual Parallax of Sirius Une proposition pour la d©termination de la parallaxe de Sirius publi© en dans les Philosphical transactions de la Royal Society. Dans la mªme s©rie de publication paraissent ses observations sur le transit de V©nus de 1761 et , les mar©es   Sainte-H©l¨ne ( ), des observations astronomiques vari©s effectu©s sur la mªme ®le et   la

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