Search
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… made by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne at the Greenwich Observatory in the years 176569, the expenses of which …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… to the Royal Society. His late assistant at the Royal Observatory is now on the spot commencing the operations. The … astronomical observations during his absence.Royal Observatory at Greenwich. 3 pp. 27 May. Church Bk., Scotland, …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… Observations of the Astronomer Royal taken at Greenwich Observatory. Copy of opinion of the Hon. Chas. Yorke, Esq., relative to the observations taken at Greenwich Observatory. The nature and use of the institution proves the … but only to recover back the originals to the Observatory. Gives also his opinion as to the method of …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… Mr. Flamstead Royal Astronomer and Keeper of the Observatory at Greenwich about 1674 or 1675. 29 Sept. Dom. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… consisting of 250 shareholders, of 20 each. Its observatory was a handsome and well-arranged edifice, … of which the principal, constituting the scientific observatory, was crowned with a revolving cupola; the popular observatory contained a great variety of instruments and …
Old and New London
… from any material tremor from passing carriages. A small observatory was constructed in the upper part. The building …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which he erected a tower, on the spot where the Royal Observatory now stands. On its reverting to the crown, after … I., now the Naval Asylum, above which is seen the Royal Observatory on an eminence in the park. On the west side of … higher grounds are magnificent, especially those from the Observatory, and an abrupt eminence called One-Tree Hill, …
Old and New London
… from the river to the foot of the hill on which the Observatory now stands. Upon his death it became again the … the tower within the park, now the site of the Royal Observatory, which was then called Greenwich Castle; and he … are found in some impressions. In the foreground is the observatory hill and park, with ladies promenading, and in …
The Environs of London
… and erected within it a tower 16 on the spot where the observatory now stands. Upon the Duke of Gloucester's death, … in the park; on an eminence of which appears the Royal Observatory amidst a grove of trees. In the centre of the … the views from it, particularly from One-tree-hill and the Observatory, uncommonly magnificent; affording one of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… the Queen's House, Greenwich, Charlton House, the Royal Observatory, Morden College, Trinity Hospital and the … figure with long hair, reading a book. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich ConditionGood. b(8) The Royal Observatory stands in Greenwich Park, 620 yards E.S.E. of St. …