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Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811

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  • Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
  • Nevil Maskelyne. Stipple engraving, 1804.
  • Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
  • Nevil Maskelyne. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1815.
  • The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.
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    Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811), Astronomer-Royal

    Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811 | Date: 1765-1804 | Reference: MS.7305
    • Books

    De methodo longitudinum ex observato lunae transitu per meridianum ad celeberrimum virum D. Nevil Maskelyne ... epistola / Josephi Toaldi.

    Toaldo, Giuseppe, 1719-1797. | Date: 1784
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