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Page from 1767 "Nautical Almanac"
Document Type: Photo/Image
Geographic Location: Greenwich, England
ID Number: Lunars_Table_1767
Keywords: Navigation
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Description:
The Astronomer Royal, Neville Maskelyne, is credited for checking and publishing calculated positions of the moon in the first British Nautical Almanac, in 1767. The Lunar Distances tables were fundamental to the finding of longitude at sea without a chronometer.
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