Scope and Contents Roughly datable items in hands other than Flamsteed's, mainly on astronomical subjects, including observing notes in William Crabtree's hand, 1638 (120r-124v); 'De inclinatione Magneticale', in an unidentified hand [c. 1640] (125r-126r); 'Ephemeris Anni Christi 1652' (127v-129v); a copy of an order concerning Gresham College, in Jonas Moore's hand [c. 1676] (130r-131r); predicted places of the Moon and Saturn for 1677-1678 (132r-133v); a diagram of a 1684 comet by Abraham Sharp (134r);...

Scope and Contents 'Calculationes 1694', containing calculations and tables relating to the Sun, Moon, fixed stars, planets and predictions for Jupiter's satellites, 167 folios. There is an Horatian ode (1r), collected tables of refractions (14v-18r), work on Saturn by William Bossley (between 54v and 97r), lists of borrowers of books (164v, 166r), and an incomplete contents' list (166r). Much of the writing is in Flamsteed's hand, although some tables in the later half of the volume bear James Hodgson's name...

Scope and Contents A guardbook of letters received by Flamsteed, with some drafts of replies and some copies of both, 163 folios. The correspondents are mainly in the English provinces, although some write from abroad, and there are also original letters from Flamsteed to Sir Jonas Moore. The letters date primarily from 1671 to 1719, but a few are either undated or possibly earlier. Apart from those to Moore, most of the letters are of the eighteenth century. Many of the sheets have rough arithmetical notes on...

Scope and Contents Accounts and other records of a Derbyshire lead-mining concern, March 1674 - January 1688 (4v-97r, 216r-221r, 225v-236v), written in Steven Flamsteed's hand, and featuring his signature and that of Cornelius Vermuyden. The book was used subsequently by John Flamsteed for copies, written in various hands, of letters dating from 10 July 1688 onwards, chiefly January 1698 - 25 April 1719. There are notes about negotiations over the publication of Flamsteed's works (passim between 121r and 132r,...

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Rough calculations from lunar data, compiled 1690-1699, with draft outlines of letters to William Bossley, Edmund Greenbury and Isaac Newton, 1695-1696 (258v-259r).

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'Tabulae' of Jupiter's motion compiled from work by William Bossley, with similar tables for Mars compiled from Johann Kepler's work. The volume's contents are undated, but originate from c. 1700, with a note of c. 1703. The writing is in Flamsteed's hand.