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Hace 6 días · After the method was first published in 1763 by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, based on pioneering work by Tobias Mayer, for about a hundred years (until about 1850) mariners lacking a chronometer used the method of lunar distances to determine Greenwich time as a key step in determining longitude.
Hace 3 días · This is a list of magicians / illusionists, prestidigitators, mentalists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For the list of supernatural magicians, see List of occultists . Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance.
Hace 4 días · John Dollond FRS (21 June [O.S. 10 June] 1706 – 30 November 1761) was an English optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets.
Hace 3 días · John Nevil Maskelyne , angielski magik sceniczny , wynalazł pierwszą nowoczesną płatną toaletę pod koniec XIX wieku. Jego zamek do drzwi londyńskich toalet wymagał włożenia monety jednopensowej, aby go uruchomić, stąd eufemizm „ wydać pensa”.
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Hace 4 días · He achieved an accuracy of a third of a second per day. Henry Sully was a French clockmaker whose work inspired Harrison. Nevil Maskelyne was the Astronomer Royal who put difficulties in Harrison's way. James Cook took one of Harrison's chronometers on his later voyages.
Hace 2 días · John Walsh India 1 juli 1726 Mayfair Westminster 9 maart 1795 was een Brits wetenschapper en secretaris van de Gouverneu. John Walsh. John Walsh ( , 1 juli 1726 - Mayfair (Westminster), 9 maart 1795) was een Brits wetenschapper en secretaris van de Gouverneur van Bengalen.
