 | Robert Hunt - Great Exhibition - 1851 - 494 pages
...in France and England. — The trigonometrical surveys of France and England were commenced in 1784, for the purpose of determining the difference of longitude between the observatories of Paris and Greenwich, and for ascertaining the true figure of the earth, by measuring as many degrees... | |
 | Robert Hunt - Great Exhibition - 1851 - 492 pages
...in France and England.—The trigonometrical surveys of France and England were commenced in 1784, for the purpose of determining the difference of longitude between the observatories of Paris and Greenwich, and for ascertaining the true figure of the earth, by measuring as many degrees... | |
 | Royal Astronomical Society - Astronomy - 1865 - 316 pages
...and excellent temper contributed towards bringing its labours to a successful conclusion. In 1 844 he came to England for the purpose of determining...expressions while speaking of but twenty years ago, but the ama2ing advances which, during that short interval, have been made in the application of science to... | |
 | 1865 - 846 pages
...in its deliberations, and by his ability and excellent temper contributed toward bringing its labors to a successful conclusion. In 1844 he came to England...Pulkowa and Greenwich. A step had already been taken toward the completion of that important but difficult operation, by ascertaining, in 1843, the difference... | |
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... first time was in 1830, when it so happened, that a committee was sitting for the improvement of the Nautical Almanack ; he was invited to assist in its deliberations, and by his ability and excellent temper contributed towards bringing its labours... 