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The Book of Accounts of Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal. (Manuscript) 1765- 1785 MSK/2/1
The Book of Accounts of the Revd Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal (Dates added in pencil 1770-1785, but actually begins 1765).…
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1802-06-10 MSK/3/1/12
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 L…
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1795-08-15 MSK/3/1/30
Letter dated 15 Sept 1795, NM to Sir Joseph Banks, re distributing copies of the proceedings of the Board of Longitude for the recovery of Dr Bradley’s observations. Going to Wiltshire on 28th September. Trials of Mr Weir’s instrument with Mr Linley possible if they proceed to Portsmouth.…
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1797-08-18 MSK/3/1/21
Letter dated 18th August 1797 concerning letter from Dr Fitzgerald, Dublin, acknowledging safe receipt of 40 inch quadrant and observations of a comet and prediction of where it would be tonight.
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1793-06-13 MSK/3/1/3
Letter dated 13 June 1793 from Nevil Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks concerning passing on information from Mr Pitts, servant of the late Mr Gooch, about the safe delivery of instruments to Captain Vancouver, and story of their journey.
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1802-04-19 MSK/3/1/15
Letter dated 19th April 1802, about Mr Johann Hieronymus Schröter’s letter concerning the discovery of a new planet by Dr Olbers. Maskelyne adds more observations of it from the French Astronomers.
Print of a Petrus Wagentin medal with envelope. (Manuscript) 1783 MSK/1/7
A print of a silver medal that was issued in 1783; a work of Carl Gustaf Fehrman; shows Wargentin's portrait to the right. Legend around is: "Petrus Wargentin Equeus Aur.".…
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1803-05-09 MSK/3/1/36
Letter dated 9th May 1803 includes Lady Clive having some dried Indian plants for Joseph Banks sent from Madras; There is a delay in Mr Berge finishing Mr Brinkley’s instrument as he has to finish the 8 feet transit for the French first; Letter from Lalande re Mechain just about to set out to measur…
Nevil Maskelyne's expenses with booksellers and bookbinders. (Manuscript) 1758-1797 MSK/2/4
A group of single expenses to booksellers and bookbinders mostly Joseph Shove.
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1801-01-23 MSK/3/1/17
Letter dated 23rd Janaunary 1801 concerning Mr John Crosley going out as Astronomer for the Board of Longitude in the INVESTIGATOR, on the voyage of discovery; he is willing to do so if accommodation can be guaranteed to be comfortable having had a bad past experience on Captain Broughton’s ship.
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1803-04-13 MSK/3/1/35
Letter dated 13th April 1803 includes Dr Zach’s letter with the ephemeris of Pallas’s orbit. Nevil's returns it with two observations of his own, positive comments on the accuracy of the ephemeris.
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1776-04-17 MSK/3/1/2
17 April 1776, to 'Sir' concerning the committee of meteorology meeting to try the boiling point of different thermometers; seeking support at Royal Society meeting were The Speaker of the House of Commons is being proposed as a member.…
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1786-10-17 MSK/3/1/25
Letter dated 17th October 1786 includes Maskelyne thoughts of lending instruments from the Board of Longitude or Royal Society to a Marines officer (Dawes) who could make observations in New Holland (Australia) which could enable getting sight of the Comet of 1592 & 1661 at its first appearance …
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1797-09-09 MSK/3/1/23
Letter dated 9th September 1797 concerning Mr Buckton the printer who is not keeping his promises and avoiding Maskelyne; he states that getting another printer will cost more and require a Board of Longitude meeting to licence the extra cost.…
Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) 1775-10-10 MSK/3/1/1
10 Oct 1775, Nevil Maskelyne letter to Joseph Banks on account of the stones brought back from Schehallion; problems with new equatorial instruments and suggestions for dealing with them and plans to visit Joseph Banks as soon as possible to see his chameleon.
A series of documents relating to the history of Nevil Maskelyne. (Manuscript) MSK/5
A series of documents relating to the history of Nevil Maskelyne including lectures, printed phamplets and newspaper clippings.
Certificate to Nevil Maskelyne from Göttingen University. (Manuscript) 1771-03-27 MSK/1/1
Electing him a member of the Royal Society of Gottingen, signed by Abraham Gotthelf Kaestner. Kaestner was a full professor of natural philosophy and geometry, and took over as director of the observatory after Tobias Mayer. Kaestner was the doctoral adviser to Mayer's son, Johann Tobias Mayer.
Certificates and awards of Reverend Nevil Maskelyne. (Manuscript) 1771-1806 MSK/1
Certificate and seal from Russia, issued to Nevil Maskelyne by Catherine the Great, 1776 and list of awards issued to Nevil Maskelyne.
Certificate and seal from Russia, issued to Nevil Maskelyne by Catherine the Great. (Manuscript) 1776-12-29 MSK/1/2
Granting Nevil Maskelyne membership of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Signed by Sergius Domaschneff, President, and Leonard Euler, Secretary of the Academy. The parchment is very hard now and difficult to unfold.…
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott about a comet against the background stars of the constellation Vulpecula. (Letters) 1781-11-19 LBK/85/4
In this letter, Maskelyne describes his observations of the comet against the background stars of the constellation Vulpecula. Refers to similar observations by the French astronomers Mechain and Messier and Mr Six in Canterbury.…
Letter from Maskelyne to John Goodricke on Goodricke's discovery of the variable star Delta Cephei. (Letters) 1785-07-08 LBK/85/8
In this letter, Maskelyne refers to Goodricke's discovery and observations of the variable star Delta Cephei which Maskelyne promises to convey to the Royal Society.…
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott describing observations of Jupiter's satellites. (Letters) 1786-03-25 LBK/85/13
In this letter, Maskelyne describes observations of Jupiter's satellites and mentions the distribution of various publications including Pigott's paper on variable stars.…
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Edward Pigott with observation of the moon. (Letters) 1794-08-18 LBK/85/16
In this letter, Maskelyne provides Pigott with his observations of the Moon's right acension, as seen on several nights in November and December. Maskelyne discusses the accuracy of their work in relation to that of Mayer and La Caille.
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