Nevil Maskelyne: The Seaman's Astronomer

by Derek Howse

Nevil Maskelyne directed the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for 46 years (1765-1811) and supervised the production of the first 49 issues of the Nautical Almanac. This biography attempts to present the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052136261X
• ISBN13: 9780521362610
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"