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An untitled collection of observations made between June 1666 and January 1678, in the hands of Flamsteed and Thomas Smith, 128 folios. The volume includes work on the Pleiades (5r-7r), lunar and solar diameters (9r-25v), sunspots (29r-36r), stars (including the Pole Star) and planets (39r-98v), the Moon (104r-118r, 124r), and a comet (122rv).

Scope and Contents The contents of a guardbook of letters received by Flamsteed, 162 folios. The dorses have often been used by Flamsteed for rough calculations. The correspondents include several people connected with Flamsteed's living of Burstow or with other property. The volume includes a printed notice advertising William Whiston's experiment to find the speed of light and sound (150r).The correspondents are Stephen Gray; [Dr] John Arbuthnot; 'E.B.' [probably to Mrs Flamsteed, telling the story...

Scope and Contents

Calculations (chiefly planetary), with drawings of Jupiter and its satellites; conversion tables for revolutions of a screw (338v-339r); lists of fixed stars (357v-358r, 363r); and notes about clocks (373v-377r). The writing is mainly in Flamsteed's hand, but features at least one other hand, probably that of Thomas Smith, whose name appears at fo. 330r. The papers are undated, but originate mainly from 1677-1678, with some earlier data.