Fifth Astronomer Royal (*1765 – †1811)

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Nevil Maskelyne. Stipple engraving, 1804.

Nevil Maskelyne. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1815.

The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.

Nevil Maskelyne. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven after L.F.G. van der Puyl.

Nevil Maskelyne : the seaman's astronomer / Derek Howse ; with a foreword by Sir Francis Graham Smith.

Errors of judgement at Greenwich in 1796 / J.D. Mollon and A.J. Perkins.

Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811), Astronomer-Royal

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

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Nevil Maskelyne

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Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811), Astronomer-Royal

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