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Robartes, Francis, 1650-1718 (politician and natural philosopher)

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

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A Meeting of the Gentlemen to whom his Royal Highness the Prince hath referred the care of printing of Mr Flamsteed's Astronomical Papers, July 1708

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/83-84
Scope and Contents

Another copy at Add. 9597/13/6/85.

Dates: 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/macclesfield/1
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A Meeting of the Gentlemen to whom his Royal Highness the Prince hath referred the care of printing of Mr Flamsteed's Astronomical Papers, July 1708

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/85
Scope and Contents

Another copy at Add. 9597/13/6/83-84.

Dates: 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/macclesfield/1
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Abstract of the Articles for Printing Flamsteed's 'Historia Coelestis Britannica', 17 November 1706

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/81-82
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: 17 November 1706
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
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Articles for Printing Flamsteed's 'Historia Coelestis Britannica', 17 November 1706

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/78-80
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: 17 November 1706
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
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Copies of Papers concerning the Publication of Flamsteed's Historiae Coelestis, c 1880 (Original letters dated from 23 January 1704/5 to 19 July 1708.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4007.37: 460-472
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 letters dated from 23 January 1704/5 to 19 July 1708.)
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.
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Letter concerning the publication of Flamsteed's 'Historia Coelestis Britannica', 14 January 1715 (1715/16)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/13/6/73
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: 14 January 1715 (1715/16)
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
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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.
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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.
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Reasonings Concerning Chance, 1710-1749 (Dates ca.1710 - ca.1749; Robartes was promoting the study of probability 1708-1710.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/4/14
Scope and Contents

Two copies of the same short treatise; copies from Isaac Newton's 1660 notebook, possibly at the instigation of Francis Robartes.

Dates: 1710-1749 (Dates ca.1710 - ca.1749; Robartes was promoting the study of probability 1708-1710.)
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