 | Michael R. Matthews - 2000 - 474 頁
...appointed with the charge: "forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the...stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation" (Quill, 1966, p. 2). This charge was the direct... | |
 | Robin Eagles - 2002 - 544 頁
...astronomer-royal. fifi, I 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 longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation. • Instructions to John... | |
 | Christine L. Krueger - 2002 - 216 頁
...address the longitude question and was charged to apply "the most exact Care and Diligence to 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 Longitude at Sea, for perfecting the art of Navigation."6 The founding of the Royal... | |
 | Jack Lagan - 2003 - 368 頁
...following mission statement: 'To apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the...stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting of the art of navigation.' More than three centuries later, Her Majesty's... | |
 | Bruce D. Berkowitz - 2003 - 274 頁
...the Astronomer Royal, "to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the...stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for perfecting the art of navigation."6 Seven years after the Shovel disaster, Queen Anne... | |
 | Fred Watson - 2004 - 368 頁
...observator, forthwith 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 of the fixed stars ... for the perfecting of the art of navigation'. Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, was to be... | |
 | Alan Gurney - 2007 - 338 頁
...newly built Royal Observatory at Greenwich, took up residence in his Wren-designed house. His task was to rectify "the tables of the motions of the heavens...stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for perfecting the art of navigation and astronomy." The seeds had been sown for zero-degree... | |
 | 1925 - 708 頁
...astronomical observator. 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 longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation. ..." It appears that several... | |
 | 1925 - 1090 頁
...astronomical observator, 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 longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation. . . . Several sites for... | |
 | Nick Mordin - 2002 - 650 頁
...had been commissioned by King Charles II to apply "...the most exact Care and Diligence to 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 Longitude at Sea, for perfecting the art of navigation." Although his efforts were... | |
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our astronomical 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... 
