Andy McKenzie

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Maskelyne produced the first volume of the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris in 1766, and went on supervising it until his dying day. Even after his death, in 1811, seamen continued relying on his work for an additional few years, since the 1811 edition contained predictions straight through to 1815.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
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