RefNo | MM/7/124 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'Calculation of the error of Mr Arnold's pocket Chronometer No. 36 in the months by the trial at the Royal Observatory in 1779 and 1780, by Nevil Maskelyne |
Date | c.1793 |
Description | Maskelyne giving this information so it can be compared to the errors noted in Mr Mudge's time-keepers.
Thomas Mudge petitioned Parliament after his Father's instrument to determine Longitude was awarded £500. Mudge believed it should have claimed the higher sums offered by the Board of Longitude. |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |