Scope and Contents An untitled book of planetary and solar observations and calculations, 93 folios, including a copy of observations for 1679-1680 (3r-23r), a few observations of Jupiter's satellites (92v), and indexes to the planetary work (1r, 91r and inside the front cover). The writing is mostly in Joseph Crosthwait's hand, but also features those of Flamsteed, Isaac Wolferman and possibly John Witty. There are dates from 5 December 1705 to 15 April 1713, although the observations may be earlier than...

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Lunar, planetary and stellar data of 1475-1709, and calculations by Isaac Wolferman and Joseph Crosthwait, with notes and additions by Flamsteed, 382 folios (foliated continuously).

Scope and Contents Copies of star catalogues: 'Claudi Ptolemai Regularis dispositio Constellationum...' ('Claudius Ptolemy's regular disposition of constellations or catalogue of fixed stars, translated from Greek into Latin, amended ... by comparison with an Oxford manuscript and with the versions of Trapezuntius, Gauricus, Copernicus and Clavius, and also with the catalogue of Ulug Beigh, of Tycho Brahe, and the heavens themselves. The work of John Flamsteed, M. R. With the additional Greek and Roman...