La propriété intellectuelle des calculs astronomiques en question by Guy Boistel

“…In 1885, the Bureau des longitudes (i.e., the French Board of longitude) had to adapt the ephemerides of the Connaissance des temps in order to answer the needs of the sailors. …”
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New Zealand's first gauge-based sea level measurements by G. H. Rowe

“…<p>James Cook's second voyage to the South Seas, undertaken to settle the question regarding the existence or otherwise of the “Great Southern Continent” (<i>Terra Australis Incognita</i>), involved two vessels, the <i>Resolution</i> and <i>Adventure</i>. The Board of Longitude appointed two astronomers from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to the voyage, William Wales and William Bayly, respectively, one to each vessel. …”
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