This was known as 'Maskelyne's method', since the future Astronomer Royal had advocated it in his New Mariner's Guide of 1764, where he supplied the necessary lunar tables.
Le ibizwa ngokuba yindlela yemaskileyini ukuba ikamva lengcali zemozulu zasebukumkanini zikwinkokheli zenkwili entsha yakhe yangonyaka wekhulu leshumi elinesixhenxe lamawaka anamshumi amathandathu anesine apho ufaka itafile ezifunekayo.