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Moon - Tables - Early works to 1800
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General tables of the moon's distances from the sun and ten principal fixt stars, Useful for finding the longitude at sea or land. Published by order of the commissioners of longitude.
Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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Tables for reducing lunar observations, and obviating the difficulties in finding the longitude, by William Garrard, Master of the Naval Academy, Ormond House, Paradise Row, Chelsea; and Late of the Royal Navy.
Garrard, William, active 1781-1808.Date: M,DCC,XCIX. [1799]- Books
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Mayer's lunar tables, improved by Mr. Charles Mason. Published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude.
Mayer, Tobias, 1723-1762.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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A new, concise, and correct operation for clearing the apparent distance of the moon from a star or the sun of the effects of refraction and parallax: Fully Exemplified, Illustrated and Demonstrated. To which is added, a Free and Impartial Examination of An Original Projection for the Same Purpose, As shewn in the Practical Introduction to Spherics and Nautical Astronomy. By H. Clarke, Author of the Seaman's Desiderata, &c. &c.
Clarke, Henry, 1743-1818.Date: 1800- Books
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Astronomical tables and precepts, for calculating the true times of new and full moons, and shewing the method of projecting eclipses, from the creation of the world to A.D. 7800. To which is prefixed, a short theory of the solar and lunar motions. By James Ferguson.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]