Briefwechsel Tobias Mayer
| Kurzinformation zum Brief | Zum Original |
| Autor | Mayer, Tobias (1723-1762) |
| Empfänger | Lords in England |
| Ort | Göttingen |
| Datum | 28. Oktober 1754[1] |
| Signatur | Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Hannover: Hann. 92, Nr. 1028, Bl. 62r |
| Transkription | Forbes, Eric Gray: Tobias Mayer (1723-1762). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1980, S. 167. Geringfügig überarbeitet von Hans Gaab, Fürth Roth, Erwin: Briefe von und an Tobias Mayer. Marbach: Tobias-Mayer-Museum-Verein 1992, S. 67-68 (deutsche Übersetzung) |
MyLords
Having by indefatigable Application and a great deal of trouble found out the Longitude at Sea, I take the Liberty, humbly to present my discovery to Your Lordschips in the inclosed papers, viz
1. my new tables of the moon
2. a ManuScript shewing the Method for finding out the Longitude at Sea affter the said tables.
And as I think myself intitled to the Reward granted by an Act of Parliament in the 12th of Queen Anne's, called an Act for providing a publick Reward to such Person or Persons, as shall discover the Longitude at Sea, I humbly submit the above mention'd things to Your Lordships farther Inquiry & Trial, not doubting, but they will be found just & applicable. I therefore hope, the Reward will be granted to me according as the Said Act of Parliament directs, and I remain with the utmost submission
My Lords
Your Lordships
most huble & most obedient
servant
Tob.s Mayer
Fußnoten
- ↑ Mayers Brief ist nicht datiert. Michaelis soll ihn aber
seinem Schreiben an Best in England vm 28.10.1754 beigelegt haben.
- Forbes, Eric Gray: Tobias Mayer (1723-1762). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2023, S. 196