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	Nevil Maskelyne - LoveToKnow 1911
		NEVIL MASKELYNE (1732-1811), English astronomerroyal, was born in London on the 6th of October 1732.
		Maskelyne had but one assistant, yet the work of the observatory was perfectly organized and methodically executed.
		Maskelyne also took a great interest in various geodetical operations, notably the measurement of the length of a degree of latitude in Maryland and Pennsylvania (ibid.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Nevil_Maskelyne (547 words)

	Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal
		Nevil Maskelyne, Fifth Astronomer Royal was grandfather by marriage to B-P's Uncle Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth, brother of Henrietta Grace Smyth Baden-Powell.
		Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), astronomer royal, was the third son of Edmund Maskelyne of Purton in Wiltshire, by his wife Elizabeth Booth, and was born in London on 6 Oct. 1732.
		Nevil Maskelyne is buried in an elaborate vault with several elegant memorial plaques in St. Mary's, Purton in Wiltshire.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Nevil Maskelyne
		The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne (October 6, 1732 – February 9, 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal.
		Maskelyne was born in London the third son of Edmund Maskelyne, of Purton, Wiltshire.
		Maskelyne was portrayed negatively in Dava Sobel's 1995 book Longitude : The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time about John Harrison and the clock solution to the Longitude Prize.
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	Nevil Maskelyne
		Nevil Maskelyne (October 6, 1732 - February 9, 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal.
		In 1763 he published the British Mariner’s Guide,which includes the suggestion that in order to facilitate the finding of longitude at sea lunar distances should be calculated beforehand for each year and published in a form accessible to navigators.
		From Maskelyne’s observations Charles Hutton[?] deduced a density for the earth 4.5 times that of water, the correct value being 5.515.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ne/Nevil_Maskelyne.html (547 words)

	Nevil Maskelyne at AllExperts
		The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne (October 6, 1732 – February 9, 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal.
		Maskelyne was born in London the third son of Edmund Maskelyne, of Purton, Wiltshire.
		Since Maskelyne's observations and calculations were based on the Greenwich meridian, it became a common base for longitude worldwide and was adopted internationally as the Prime Meridian in 1884.
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	Schiehallion talk 1957
		Maskelyne himself at the age of 42, was a man reputedly of mild and genial temper, fond of good living when opportunity offered, but quite prepared to suffer in the cause of science.
		By mid-August Maskelyne was satisfied with the observations he had made at the southern observatory and was ready for his instruments to be moved to the northern station.
		Maskelyne's account of his astronomical observations and Hutton's description of the surveys and of the calculations which followed it, are impressive in their care and attention to detail.
	www.sillittopages.co.uk /schie/schie57.html (2012 words)

	channel4.com - Real Lives - Jasper Maskelyne
		Maskelyne was posted to A Force, where he was able to apply his skills to the task of concealing British forces from German aerial reconnaissance.
		Maskelyne picked his team both for their skills and for qualities of initiative and imagination – unconventional criteria in the military context.
		Maskelyne's crowning achievement came in 1942 with his involvement in Operation Bertram, prior to the battle of El Alamein, which turned the tide against the Germans in north Africa.
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	Maskelyne, Nevil (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Maskelyne, the fifth Astronomer Royal 1765-1811, began publication 1766 of the Nautical Almanac.
		Maskelyne was born in London and studied at Cambridge.
		It was not until 1772 that Maskelyne perfected his technique for observing transits, by which time the 1769 transit of Venus had already occurred (and the next would not take place in his lifetime).
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/biographies/MainBiographies/M/Maskelyne/1.html (185 words)

	Adventures in CyberSound: Maskelyne, John Nevil
		John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) was one of the greatest British magicians, particularly in the field of stage illusions created through sleight of hand.
		Maskelyne and Cooke established their own theatre in 1873, and became famous for their shows which blended comedy, illusion and conjuring tricks (they billed themselves as 'Royal Illusionists and Anti-Spiritualists', making it clear that they were in the business of illusion rather than pseudo-religious fakery).
		Nevil's sections grew from articles he had contributed to The Magic Circular, house organ of The Magic Circle, while Devant's section describes in great detail the routines from an act that made him one of the most popular magicians of his time.
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	AllRefer.com - Nevil Maskelyne Information
		Maskelyne was appointed Astronomer Royal in 1765 and held that office until his death.
		Maskelyne was born in London and educated at Westminster School and Cambridge.
		It was not until 1772 that Maskelyne perfected his technique for observing transits, by which time the 1769 transit of Venus had also passed.
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	Nevil Maskelyne Summary
		Maskelyne tested and devised better methods for determining longitude at sea; observed Venus's 1769 transit from which he computed the Sun's distance to within 1%; and calculated Earth's density, which compares well with presently accepted values, from plumb line deviation near Mt. Schiehallion, Scotland (1774).
		The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne (October 6, 1732 – February 9, 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal.
		Since Maskelyne's observations and calculations were based on the Greenwich meridian, it became a common base for longitude worldwide and was adopted internationally as the Prime Meridian in 1884.
	www.bookrags.com /Nevil_Maskelyne (799 words)

	Lake County Astronomical Society NightTimes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nevil Maskelyne was born in London on October 6, 1732.
		Maskelyne deduced from the magnitude of the plumb line's deflection a gravitational constant and came to the conclusion that the Earth had a density of between 4.56 and 4.87 times that of water.
		Maskelyne's work in astronomy contributed to a number of fields of study, but perhaps his most enduring contribution was the establishment of the Nautical Almanac.
	www.bpccs.com /lcas/Articles/maskel.htm (585 words)

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		Jasper Maskelyne was born in 1902 and was related to the famous 18th century astronomer Nevil Maskelyne.
		Some of the things that Maskelyne invented during the war were special boots that had survival gear built in, special crates that could be dropped without parachutes and survive, a flame retardant jell to be used by gunners and an aluminum magnifier for searchlights to blind the enemy.
		Maskelyne died in Kenya at the age of 70 years and ironically was unknown.
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	John Nevil Maskelyne at AllExperts
		In the 19th century Maskelyne invented a lock for London toilets which required a penny to operate hence the euphemism "spend a penny".
		Maskelyne was also a member of the magic circle and, like Harry Houdini, tried to dispell the notion of supernatural powers.
		To this end in 1914 Maskelyne founded the Occult Committee whose remit was to "investigate claims to supernatural power and to expose fraud".
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/jo/john_nevil_maskelyne.htm (193 words)

	Was John Nevil Maskelyne a Genius
		Maskelyne had no idea how the trick was done, but a faint ray of light thrown on to the stage from an uncurtained window gave him the secret.
		Maskelyne made his name, not so much by his own perfomances, as by those of the great conjurers whom he engaged to assist him at the Egyptian Hall.
		For Maskelyne, it must be said he had a friendly and intimate manner of putting over his illusions, a fatherly style which appealed immensely to his old fashioned audiences.
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		Maskelyne had but one assistant (Kinnebrook), yet the work of the observatory was perfectly organized and methodically executed.
		From Maskelyne's observations Charles Hutton deduced a density for the earth 4.5 times that of water (the modern value being 5.515).
		Since Maskelyne's observations and calculations were based on the Greenwich meridian, it became a common base for longitude worldwide and was adopted internationally as the Prime Meridian in 1884.(JR Wills The Royal Society)
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	Jasper Maskelyne
		Jasper Maskelyne, was born in 1902 in England, a music hall conjurer, never fired a shot in battle, but his amazing feats played a key role in the Allied victory in Africa.
		The grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne, one of the founding fathers of British magic, Maskelyne was a celebrated stage magician before the war.
		Maskelyne’s greatest triumph came in 1942 when he successfully convinced Rommel that the British Eighth Army was in the south of the Egyptian desert and that the Alamein attack would begin there rather than in the north.
	www.cometamagico.com.ar /maskelyne2.htm (0 words)

	Westminster Physics \| The Maskelyne Essay Prize
		Sir Nevil Maskelyne was born in 1732 in London and became interested in Astronomy when he witnessed the eclipse of 1748 whilst a pupil here.
		Maskelyne favoured an astronomical method (the Lunar Method) and, acting on the Board of Longitude, famously refused to award Harrison the large prize.
		Sir Nevil Maskelyne died in Greenwich in 1811.
	homepages.westminster.org.uk /physics/prizes/maskelyne (261 words)

	Maskelyne, Cooke and Devant (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Nevil Maskelyne (1839–1917) and George A. Cooke (1825–1904) performed a double act at their theatre, The Egyptian Hall, in London between 1873 and 1904.
		John Nevil Maskelyne was one of the greatest British magicians, particularly in the field of stage illusions created through sleight-of-hand.
		Maskelyne and Cooke established their own theatre in 1873, and became famous for shows which blended comedy, illusion and conjuring tricks (they billed themselves as 'Royal Illusionists and Anti-Spiritualists', making it clear that they were in the business of illusion rather than pseudo-religious fakery).
	www.centres.ex.ac.uk /bill.douglas/Houdini/Houdini3/houdini3.htm (296 words)

	Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
		Maskelyne was part of the longitude committee, which became a clear conflict of interest when John Harrison was waiting for the committee to provide him with a ship, so that he could prove his method worthy.
		In the summer of 1761 William Harrison (son of John) was awaiting sailing orders in Portsmouth in what was to be the definitive test of the timekeeping method of measuring longitude.
		At this same time Bradley and Maskelyne were attempting to claim the prize money of twenty thousand pounds sterling (a king's ransom), using the lunar method, while influencing the operation of the Board of Longitude from within.
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	Rev. Nevil Maskelyne (1732—1811), Fifth Astronomer Royal from (1765—1811)
		In 1761 he was sent by the Royal Society to the island of St Helena to observe the transit of Venus, with the aim of using this information to calculate the distance of the Earth from the Sun.
		Bad weather prevented any useful observations being made, however Maskelyne used his journey to develop a method of calculating longitude called the lunar distance method.
		In 1767 Maskelyne produced the first Nautical Almanac in which he presented results of his studies of the Sun, Moon, the planets and the stars.
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	Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
		Born in Cheltenham on 22 December 1839, he was a descendant of Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), the Astronomer Royal.
		Although Maskelyne was not at first enthusiastic about including films as an adjunct to magic acts, he nevetheless soon changed his mind and personally introduced each film from the stage.
		Devant and the Maskelynes made their own films, and as a result of experimenting with slow-motion cinematography Nevil (the son) was later enlisted by Britain's War Office to film artillery shells in flight for purposes of analysis.
	www.victorian-cinema.net /maskelyne.htm (373 words)

	Maskelyne biography
		Nevil Maskelyne's father died when Nevil was 12 years old leaving the family rather poor.
		Maskelyne returned to Chipping Barnet in 1761, where he was a curate, and worked on publishing a book.
		From his observations Maskelyne computed that the Earth's density is approximately 4.5 times that of water.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Maskelyne.html (0 words)

	American Scientist Online - The Harrison-Maskelyne Affair
		Although Maskelyne was not then a member of the Board of Longitude, he was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
		Thus, when the Board of Longitude asked Maskelyne to join the voyage to Barbados, primarily to establish the longitude of the capital, Bridgetown, by observation of Jupiter's satellites, he was also to test the method of lunar distances and its accuracy compared to Harrison's H4 clock.
		Here was the rub: Two Astronomers Royal had died in rapid succession, and no sooner had Maskelyne returned from Barbados than the King appointed him to the position; the appointment automatically put him on the Board of Longitude.
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	NEVIL MASKELYNE (1732-... - Online Information article about NEVIL MASKELYNE (1732-... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Maskelyne's first contribution to astronomical literature was " A Proposal for Discovering the See also:
		government, and under the care of Maskelyne the Nautical Almanac for 1767 was published in 1766.
		Troughton; but Maskelyne did not live to see it completed.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAR_MEC/MASKELYNE_NEVIL_1732_1811_.html (827 words)

	* My Magic Life-Chapter 22 *
		Maskelyne presented "Oh!" and appeared in "The Hermit of Killarney", an elaboration of a sketch performed at the Egyptian Hall.
		Maskelyne, in which he presented the Mystic Kettle, Plate Spinning, etc., also appeared in "WW, the Witch." Mr.
		Nevil Maskelyne, Devant, Hermann, Glenrose, and Mesdames Bruce and Grogan appeared.
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	2/Alistair Maskelyne's response
		However, the story of Jasper Maskelyne is a complex one and before discussing his adventures in the North African campaign we need to clear some important preliminary ground.
		Dawes regards the Maskelyne family as" a dynasty that has no parallel in the annals of British conjuring and one which, in presenting a theatre of magic continuously in London for sixty years, cannot be matched anywhere in the world."
		In 1935, Jasper Maskelyne was in dire financial straits.
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	B-P's Cousin: Sir Nevill Maskelyne Smyth, V.C.
		Baden-Powell's first cousin, Nevill Maskelyne Smyth, was the son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth (brother of Henrietta Grace Smyth) and grandson of Admiral W. Smyth.
		Major-General Nevil Maskelyne Smyth VC (1868-1841) commanded 1st Australian Brigade on Gallipoli, then 2nd Australian Division on the Western Front.
		Sir Nevill Maskelyne Smyth, V.C. and great-grandson of Admiral W. Smyth (B-P's grandfather).
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