Mary Edwards (human computer)
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Mary Edwards (human computer)
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Mary Edwards was a human computer for the British Nautical Almanac and one of a very few women paid directly by the Board of Longitude, and to earn a living from scientific work at the time. She was one of 35 human computers who calculated the position of the sun, moon and planets at different times of day for annual nautical almanacs used for navigation at sea.
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British mathematician and astronomer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Edwards_(human_computer)
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2023-11-15T04:07:23Z
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