The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for the year 1767 Maskelyne

The first nautical almanac to contain data dedicated to the convenient determination of longitude at sea.
It was the first to include tabulation of lunar distances as a tool to facilitate the determination of longitude at sea. By Nevil Maskelyne

Type of object:

Book & Prints

Time period:

Britain rules the waves & France, 1714 Act of Longitude

Place:

London

Date:

1766

Maker / Author:

Nevil Maskelyne

Publisher / Printer:

Published by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude
Printer: W. Richardson and S. Clark 1766

Dimensions:

21.5 x 13 cm

Material:

Graduation:

3 volumes in ine

Inscription:

Nautical Almanac

Provenance:

References:

n/a

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Description

The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for the Year 1767. Published by Order of the Commissioners of Longitude. First edition, title soiled and with small ink inscription, by W. Richardson and S. Clark, 1766
Bound with Tables Requisite to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris, and 2 large folding tables, W. Richardson and S. Clark, 1766
and A Table of Proportional Logarithms; to be Used with the Astronomical and Nautical Ephemeris, by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, together 3 works in 1 vol., tables, ink inscription "Gracehill Academy Library" to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf