Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719 (astronomer)

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Letter from John Flamsteed to John Collins, c 1673 (Undated, but addressed to 'Mr John Collins at Mr William Atkins house' like the rest of the 1673 correspondence, whereas the 1673 letter is addressed elsewhere.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/70

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This category contains the manuscript letters in the Macclesfield collection excluding the Newton holographs and letters to Newton. It also contains a few other items which were bound alongside these letters.

Dates: c 1673 (Undated, but addressed to 'Mr John Collins at Mr William Atkins house' like the rest of the 1673 correspondence, whereas the 1673 letter is addressed elsewhere.)

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Macclesfield Collection / Letters / Letters & Papers of Barrow, Collins, Dary, Flamsteed, Gregory, Halley, Strode and Wallis

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Letter from John Flamsteed to John Collins, 25 May 1677

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/71-72

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This category contains the manuscript letters in the Macclesfield collection excluding the Newton holographs and letters to Newton. It also contains a few other items which were bound alongside these letters.

Dates: 25 May 1677

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Macclesfield Collection / Letters / Letters & Papers of Barrow, Collins, Dary, Flamsteed, Gregory, Halley, Strode and Wallis

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Letter from John Flamsteed to John Wallis, 20 December 1698

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3979.41

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Printed Latin translation of a non-surviving English original. Originally printed in: John Wallis, 'Opera Mathematica', 3 vols (Oxford, 1693-99), vol. 3 (1699), pp. 701-708.

Dates: 20 December 1698

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence with Flamsteed

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Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Christopher Wren, 19 July 1708

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.9: 20-21

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: 19 July 1708

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Isaac Newton, 25 October 1705

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.6: 14-15

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: 25 October 1705

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Isaac Newton, 10 April 1708

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.7: 16-17

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: 10 April 1708

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Isaac Newton, 23 April 1716

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.14: 28

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Asking for the return of his MSS

Dates: 23 April 1716

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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Letter from Newton and the Other Referees to Prince George of Demark Concerning the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations, 23 January 1705

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.4: 7

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: 23 January 1705

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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Letter from Thomas Maclear (RO, Cape of Good Hope) to Francis Baily, 10 June 1837

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/29/7

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Concerning the non-publication of Maclear's results in a recent paper of the Royal Astronomical Society; his intended paper on Lacailles' arc and his observatory in Cape Town; Baily's work on Flamsteed; and the triangulation of Klip Fonteyn and Capel Berg. People mentioned include J. Flamsteed, Captain Beaufort, Mr de Morgan, Mr Shelford and R. Sheepshanks.

Dates: 10 June 1837

Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Cape Observatory / Letters to Francis Baily

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Letters from Flamsteed to Newton, and from Wallis to Newton, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Worcester, c 1880 (Original letter dated 29 December 1698.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.35: 439-457

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1880 (Original letter dated 29 December 1698.)

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unlike the rest of the collection, Add. 4007 has not been microfilmed, and is therefore available on request to those eligible to view manuscripts in the manuscripts reading room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Copies of Newton-related letters and memoranda

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Note by John Flamsteed of the number of observations of the planets taken between 1675 and 1689, c 1690

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3979.39

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1690

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence with Flamsteed

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Notes on the preparation of Flamsteed's papers for publication, c 1705

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/86-87

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This category contains the manuscript letters in the Macclesfield collection excluding the Newton holographs and letters to Newton. It also contains a few other items which were bound alongside these letters.

Dates: c 1705

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Macclesfield Collection / Letters / Letters & Papers of Barrow, Collins, Dary, Flamsteed, Gregory, Halley, Strode and Wallis

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Observations of the Comet of 1680, 1680

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3965.14: 564-568

Scope and Contents

This was sent to Newton by John Flamsteed.

Dates: 1680

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Papers Connected with the Principia (mostly holograph) / Observations and Calculations about Comets

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Order Sent to John Flamsteed, 14 July 1708

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.8: 18-19

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: 14 July 1708

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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Order to Pay £125 to Flamsteed for his First Catalogue of Fixed Stars, c 1705-c 1715

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.12: 25-26

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1705-c 1715

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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Receipt for the £125 Paid to Flamsteed for his First Catalogue of Fixed Stars, 28 February 1705 (1705/6)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.13: 27

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: 28 February 1705 (1705/6)

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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The Estimate of the Number of Folio Pages, that the 'Historia Britannica Coelestis', may contain when Printed, 8 November 1704

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/77

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Printed sheet.

Dates: 8 November 1704

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Macclesfield Collection / Letters / Letters & Papers of Barrow, Collins, Dary, Flamsteed, Gregory, Halley, Strode and Wallis

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The Minstrel or The Progress of Genius with Some Other Poems by James Beattie LL.D.

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7044

Scope and Contents An 1816 manuscript of James Beattie's poem The Minstrel and some of Beattie's other poems. The Minstrel was originally published in two parts in 1771 and 1774. This particular manuscript of the poem(s) bears a dedication to Sir Archibald Grant, second Baronet of Monymusk in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was copied by "his devoted servant George Mackay." The contents the volume are a preface followed by various poems, as described below: Preface to the Minstrel, beginning, "The design was to...

Dates: 1816

Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library

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Two Drafts of Articles of Agreement made Between the Referees and John Flamsteed, c 1705-c 1715

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4006.5: 8-13

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1705-c 1715

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Correspondence, Articles of Agreement etc. about the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations

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University Microfilms Ltd, 1956-1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8238/2

Scope and Contents

Folder 1 = Correspondence between Carter and University Microfilms, chiefly Eugene B. Power and Geoffrey Crowther Folder 2 = printed matter from the company, including announcements, catalogues of publications, and 3 issues of the company newsletter Microcosm. With these are some similar announcements from other companies. Carter was associated with the 'Out-of-print book programme'.

Dates: 1956-1964

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers of John Waynflete Carter / Other occupations and projects

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Various Proposals for Finding Longtitude at Sea, c 1697-c 1725

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3972.1: 1-26

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.

Dates: c 1697-c 1725

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / The Portsmouth Collection / Papers on Finding the Longtitude at Sea

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Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719 (astronomer)

Found in 121 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from John Flamsteed to John Collins, c 1673 (Undated, but addressed to 'Mr John Collins at Mr William Atkins house' like the rest of the 1673 correspondence, whereas the 1673 letter is addressed elsewhere.)

Letter from John Flamsteed to John Collins, 25 May 1677

Letter from John Flamsteed to John Wallis, 20 December 1698

Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Christopher Wren, 19 July 1708

Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Isaac Newton, 25 October 1705

Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Isaac Newton, 10 April 1708

Letter from John Flamsteed to Sir Isaac Newton, 23 April 1716

Letter from Newton and the Other Referees to Prince George of Demark Concerning the Publication of Flamsteed's Observations, 23 January 1705

Letter from Thomas Maclear (RO, Cape of Good Hope) to Francis Baily, 10 June 1837

Letters from Flamsteed to Newton, and from Wallis to Newton, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Worcester, c 1880 (Original letter dated 29 December 1698.)

Note by John Flamsteed of the number of observations of the planets taken between 1675 and 1689, c 1690

Notes on the preparation of Flamsteed's papers for publication, c 1705

Observations of the Comet of 1680, 1680

Order Sent to John Flamsteed, 14 July 1708

Order to Pay £125 to Flamsteed for his First Catalogue of Fixed Stars, c 1705-c 1715

Receipt for the £125 Paid to Flamsteed for his First Catalogue of Fixed Stars, 28 February 1705 (1705/6)

The Estimate of the Number of Folio Pages, that the 'Historia Britannica Coelestis', may contain when Printed, 8 November 1704

The Minstrel or The Progress of Genius with Some Other Poems by James Beattie LL.D.

Two Drafts of Articles of Agreement made Between the Referees and John Flamsteed, c 1705-c 1715

University Microfilms Ltd, 1956-1964

Various Proposals for Finding Longtitude at Sea, c 1697-c 1725

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