scholarly journals V. Extract of a letter from the Abbé De la Caille, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. recommending to the Rev. Mr. Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. to make at St. Helena a series of observations for discovering the parallax of the Moon

1761 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Academy ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Cape Of Good Hope ◽  
St Helena ◽  
Nevil Maskelyne ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Made In

Dr. Watson lately received a letter from the Abbé De la Caille at Paris, in which he takes notice, "That although the pa- "rallax of the moon seems sufficiently well deter"mined, by the observations made in 1751, in "Europe and at the Cape of Good Hope; never- "theless, an element of this importance cannot be “too well ascertained.

X. A letter from Mr. Peter Wargentin, F.R.S. Secretary to the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, to the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B.D. F.R.s. and Astronomer Royal; concerning the difference of longitude of the Royal Observatories at Paris and Greenwich, resulting from the eclipses of Jupiter's first satellites, observed during the last ten years: to which is added, a comparative table of the corresponding observations of the first satellite, made in the principal observatories

1777 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 162-186
Keyword(s):  
Royal Academy ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Nevil Maskelyne ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Made In

Vir plurimum reverende atque celeberrime, PETIISTI in utrisque litteris tuis, "velim observationes satellitum Jovis, præcipuè primi, a te GRENOVICI, et a Cl. D. MESSIER PARISIIS, ab anno 1765 habitas, inter se conferre, ut inde eliciatur vera differentia utriusque meridiani: huic desiderio tuo lubens satisfacio. Tuis observationibus primi satellitis non nisi 17 corresondentes MESSIERII obtigerunt; quarum 8 suerunt immersiones, et 9 emersiones. Ipsas observationes, inter se et cum multis aliis, atque cum postremâ editione mearum tabularum (eâ scilicet, quam alteri editioni astronomiæ suæ inseruit Cl. DELANLANDIUS) comparatas, videas in subjunctâ appendice, in quâ Paris Cl. indicat observationes MESSIERII, in palatio Clugny; Paris O. autem, in ipso observatorio regio habitas. Hîc sufficiat attulisse resultantes a quovis immersionium et emersionum correspondentium part, meridianorum differentias.

scholarly journals LXVl. A letter from Monsieur de L'lsle, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, to the Reverend James Bradley, D. D. Astronomer Royal, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford

1753 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 512-520
Keyword(s):  
Royal Academy ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Cape Of Good Hope ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Sir, I have received the letter, which you did me the honour of writing to me on the 22d of August this year, O. S. together with the observations made by you at Greenwich, which correspond with those of Monsieur de la Caille made at the cape of Good Hope, with relation to the parallax of the Moon, Venus, and Mars.

XCIII. A letter from the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, M. A. F. R. S. to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal So­ciety: containing the results of observations of the distance of the Moon from the Sun and fixed Stars, made in a voyage from England to the Island of St. Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship, from time to time; together with the whole process of computation used on this occasion

1761 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 558-577 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
St Helena ◽  
Nevil Maskelyne ◽  
Made In

Sir, During the course of my voyage from England to this place, I made frequent observations of the distance of the Moon from the Sun and fixed star. in order to determine our longitude: and, as from their agree­ment with each other, I humbly conceive it will be allowed, that the longitude may in general be ascer­tained by this method to sufficient exactness for nau­tical purposes, I flatter myself it may not be disagreeable to the Royal Society, if I communicate to them, through your hands, the results of my observations.

XCIX. Extract of a letter from M. de la Lande, of the Royal Academy of sci­ences at Paris, to the Rev. Mr. Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. dated Paris, Nov. 18, 1762

1761 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 607-610
Keyword(s):  
Royal Academy ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Nevil Maskelyne

Sir, I am glad that you have proved, from your own experience, the exactness of the observations of the distance of the moon from stars for finding the longitude at sea, as M. de la Caille had done in 1753.

scholarly journals LVII. Astronomical observations made at the Island of St. Helena, by Nevil Maskelyne, M. A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and F. R. S

1764 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 348-386 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Trinity College ◽  
Focal Length ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Cape Of Good Hope ◽  
The Difference ◽  
St Helena ◽  
Nevil Maskelyne

The following observations were taken with a reflecting telescope, of two feet focal length, made by Mr. Short (of a similar size and construction to those used in the observation of the transit of Venus, by himself at Saville House, by Mr. Green at Greenwich, and by Mess. Mason and Dixon at the Cape of Good Hope), with an equal altitude instrument made by Mr. Bird, and a clock, with a gridiron pendulum, made by Mr. Shelton, an account of whose going, at Greenwich, before my departure of St. Helena, and immediately upon my arrival there, is contained in Phil. Trans. Vol. LII. Part. II. Page 434. and the difference of gravity between those two places thence deduced.

scholarly journals V. An account of the proportions of the English and French measures and weights, from the standards of the same, kept at the Royal Society

1743 ◽  
Vol 42 (465) ◽  
pp. 185-188 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Made In

Some curious Gentlemen both of Royal Society of London , and of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris , thinking it might be of good Use, for the better comparing together the Success of Experiments made in England and in France , proposed some time since, that accurate Standards of the Measures and Weights of both Nations, carefully examined, and made to agree with each other, might be laid up and preserved in the Archives both of the Royal Society here, and of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris : Which Proposal having been received with the general Approbation of both those Bodies, they were there- upon pleased to give the necessary Directions for the bringing the same into Effect.

XII. Experiments made on a great number of living animals, with the poison of lamas, and of ticunas, by Mons. Herissant, Doctor of Physic, and F. R. S. Translated from the French, by Tho. Stack, M. D

1752 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
The South ◽  
South Sea ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Made In

Monsieur de la Condamine, of the royal academy of sciences of Paris, on his return from the voyage, which he made in the inward parts of South America from the coast of the South Sea to the coasts of Brasil and Guiana, by going down the river of the Amazons, brought to Paris a small quantity of a very dangerous poison, much in use among the Indians of lamas, ticunas, pevas, and also among the Yameos, who all extract it by fire from divers plants, especially from certain plants, which the French call Lianes.

XXV. A letter to the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. Astronomer Royal, from Mr. Bailly, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris: containing a proposal of some new methods of improving the theory of Jupiter's Satellites. Translated from the French, with the original underneath

1773 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 185-216
Keyword(s):  
Royal Academy ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Satellites Of Jupiter ◽  
Nevil Maskelyne ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Jupiter’S Satellites

Sir, Though I have not the honour of being personally known to you, I flatter myself, you will excuse the liberty I have taken, of communicating to you two methods, of my invention, for perfecting the theory of the satellites of Jupiter.

V. A letter from Mons. Du Fay, F. R. S. and of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, to his Grace Charles Duke of Richmond and Lenox, concerning electricity. Translated from the French by T. S. M D

1733 ◽  
Vol 38 (431) ◽  
pp. 258-266 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Made In

I flatter my self your grace will not be displeased with an account of some extraordinary discoveries I have made in the electricity of bodies, nor refuse the favour I have to ask, that it may be communicated to the Royal Society .

scholarly journals XVII. A letter from Monsieur Wargentin, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden, to Mr. John Ellicott, F. R. S. relating to the late transit of Venus

1763 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 59-65
Keyword(s):  
Royal Academy ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Cape Of Good Hope ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The observations upon the last transit of Venus over the Sun made at the Cape of Good Hope are excellent, and seem to decide that the horizontal parallax of the Sun is 8", 1 or 8", 3 at most.

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