Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750)

Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately published by the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Under the Authority of the Board of Longitude

Harrison, John, 1693-1776· 3 chapters· 8,672 words

A Publication having lately been made by the Rev. Mr. _Maskelyne_ Astronomer Royal, under the Authority of the Board of Longitude, manifestly tending, by the Suppression of some Facts and the Misrepresentation of others, to impress the World with an unjust Opinion of my Invent...

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1. Part 1

A Publication having lately been made by the Rev. Mr. _Maskelyne_ Astronomer Royal, under the Authority of the Board of Longitude, manifestly tending, by the Suppression of some...

2. Part 2

In the first Place I must remark, that the Trial referred to was not fixed _by me_, but by _an Act of Parliament_ passed so long ago as the Year 1714, which (after vesting certa...

3. Part 3

I shall not presume to make any Reflections on the different Treatment the two Inventions have met with, nor will I take up more of the Reader's Time by a Detail of the very ear...