Latitude and Longitude Measurements
in the Long Nineteenth Century.
Most material in Net Advance Retro
is very old. It may be obsolete or incorrect.
- General:
- Longitude by Dava Sobel [New York: Walker, 1995]
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The Harrison-Maskelyne Affair
by J. Donald Fernie
[American Scientist 91, (2003 September/October)]
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Observations on a Clock of Mr. John Shelton, Made at St. Helena
by Rev. Nevil Maskelyne
[Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 52, 434 (1761)]
The purpose of the experiment: to see whether a pendulum clock runs at
the same speed at all latitudes.
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A Letter to the Rev. Thoms Birch
by Rev. Nevil Maskelyne
[Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 52, 558 (1761)]
describing Maskelyne's attempt to determine the longitude of a ship at sea.
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Introduction to the Following Observations, Made by
Messieurs Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, for
Determining the Length of a Degree of Latitude, in the Provinces
of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in North America
by Rev. Nevil Maskelyne
[Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 58, 270 (1768)]
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Concerning the Latitude and Longitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich;
With Remarks on a Memorial of the Late M. Cassini de Thury
by Rev. Nevil Maskelyne
[Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 77, 151 (1787)]
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