Flaccus, Quintus Horatius, c65 - 8 (poet known as Horace)
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Calculations and tables, 1684 - 1702
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/55
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...
Dates:
1684 - 1702
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