Excerpt from The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Year 1822 Lon itude at Sea, and for examining, trying, and judging of all Pro p'osfls, Experiments, and Improvements relating to the same: And whereas another Act was passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, for rendering more effectual the last-recited Act: And whereas by another Act passed in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of llis present Majesty, ia tituled An Act for continuing the Encouragement and Reward of Persons making certain Discoveries for finding the Longitude at Sea, or making other useful Discoveries and Improvements in Navigation, and for making Experiments relating thereto, and for adding 11 Con. Missioner to execute the several Acts for the Discovery of the Longio tude at Sea, Persons holding certain other Oflices, therein coume rated, for the time being, were added to and joined with the Commi sioners appointed by the said first-mentioned Act: And whereas all the Persons mentioned by Name in the said first-recited Act are long since deceased: And whereas by reason of the Residence at the Universitid of certain Professors who are constituted Members of the Board of Commissioners aforesaid, and by there not being a Power of electing into the said Board any Persons but the said Official Commissioner! And the said Professors, it often happens that there are no Persons, particularly versed in the Sciences of the Mathematics and Astronomy resident in London, and belonging to the said Board; and that divers Persons of great Skill and Ability, whose Services would be most be neficial to the Objects of the said Board, are by the said Constitution of the Board excluded therefrom: Be it therefore enacted by the Iiiuo's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of t e Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the recited Acts shall be and the same are hereby repealed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.