Note 49 — Chapter IV · Verification and Completion of the Newtonian Theory.
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The observations of stars made by Bradley, who preceded Maskelyne at Greenwich, had already been discussed by Bessel, a great German astronomer; and the results published in 1818, with a title that well showed the estimation in which he held those materials: Fundamenta Astronomiæ pro anno 1775, deducta ex Ohservationibus viri incomparabilis James Bradley in specula Astronomica Grenovicensi per annos 1750–1762 institutis.