Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks.

Letter dated 10th June 1802 concerning correspondence with Mr Hitchins, and errors in the work of Mr Brinkley, whose letter to General Vallancy contained a mistake and General Vallancy wanted him to rectify it; returns Baron Zach’s chart of the tracks of Ceres & Pallas in the heavens; Board of Longitude refers to Mr Adam Johnson and his father’s method previously considered and rejected by the Board.

Administrative / biographical background
Nevil Maskelyne and Joseph Banks were both key members of the Board of Longitude.

Record Details

Item reference: MSK/3/1/12
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1802-06-10
Creator: Maskelyne, Nevil
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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