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Maskelyne frowned and scratched his bushy moustache.
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Nevil Maskelyne, the fifth astronomer royal between 1765 and 1811, was responsible for coming up with and publishing star charts that proved vital for navigators to establish their position, helping to make the British Royal and mercantile navy the envy of the world.
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No sooner had Maskelyne departed that the door chimed again, and in walked an elegant lady.
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"Good, good," Maskelyne said, but he seemed in no hurry to depart.
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"He is still alive, young Orphan," Maskelyne said, and his countenance was no longer cheery, but deep in an abyss of dark thoughts.
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In opposition to the learned ex-Professor Maskelyne I hold that the cutting of the diamond is of very ancient date.
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He was also a telescope freak and met and of course painted night-sky guru Sir William Herschel, as well as Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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He was also a telescope freak and met and of course painted night-sky guru Sir William Herschel, as well as Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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In Confessions of a Ghost-Hunter, Stokes presents solid evidence for the identity of the ghost-writer - Frank S Stuart - behind the memoirs of magician Jasper Maskelyne (see my Oct 23rd entry).
Magical duels Ray Girvan 2004
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The telling detail is that one of the supposed exploits of Maskelyne, defeating an Imam in a magical duel, has a very similar precursor in Nothing Up My Sleeve!, the biography of a different magician, Douglas Beaufort, also written with Stuart's help.
Magical duels Ray Girvan 2004
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