From Lacaille to Lalande. French works on lunar distances, nautical ephemerides and lunar tables, 1742-1785. (arXiv:2104.01916v1 [astro-ph.SR])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Boistel_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Guy Boistel</a>
The papers studies the highly misknown works of french astronomers on
ephemerides and lunar distances on the period 1742-1785. These works will have
a strong influence on the development of the Nautical Almanac by Nevil
Maskelyne in 1766-1767.
The papers studies the highly misknown works of french astronomers on
ephemerides and lunar distances on the period 1742-1785. These works will have
a strong influence on the development of the Nautical Almanac by Nevil
Maskelyne in 1766-1767.
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