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

Author: Harrison, John, 1693-1776

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

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37321

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## Summary

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 Invention, and falsely asserting that my Watch did not at certain Periods therein mentioned keep Time with sufficient Exactness to determine the Longitude within the Limits prescribed by the Act of the 12th of Queen _Anne_; I think it incumbent upon me to submit some Observations thereon to the impartial Publick; and the rather, because the said Pamphlet is rendered so confused by unnecessary Repetitions, and voluminous Ta...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/remarks-on-a-pamphlet-lately-published-by-the-rev-mr-maskelyne-e4a73c04/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/remarks-on-a-pamphlet-lately-published-by-the-rev-mr-maskelyne-e4a73c04/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/remarks-on-a-pamphlet-lately-published-by-the-rev-mr-maskelyne-e4a73c04/chapters/3/index.md)