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Anti Lansbergius and Astronomicall Exercises, 1638
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/68/A
Scope and Contents
A work by Jeremiah Horrocks in Latin and English.
Dates:
1638
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Astronomical observations and commentary, 1690 - 1693
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/73
Scope and Contents
Copies of astronomical papers by G.C. Eimmart and Christoph Arnold of 1690-1693, 15 folios. There are Latin notes and diagrams concerning a solar eclipse observed by Eimmart at Nuremberg, 23 June 1693 (1r-12r); a description of a transit of Mercury and other work by Arnold, 1690-1691; and a translation of a letter by Arnold, 1690. The copies are undated, but are roughly contemporary. The handwriting has not been identified.
Dates:
1690 - 1693
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Astronomical papers, 1672 - 1675
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/65/H
Scope and Contents
Work on Mars and other planets; notes about a clock (341v), micrometer trials (342v-346r), optics (348r, 349r) and a barometer (351r); work on lunar and solar parallax (352v-359r, 360v-364r); a brief Latin treatise by Flamsteed, 'De motu Solis et numeris corrigendis' ('On the Sun's motion and numbers to be corrected') (363v); work on lunar problems (366v-370v); and a copy of an extract of a letter to Edmond Halley about refractions and the height of the atmosphere, 1675 (369v-370r). The...
Dates:
1672 - 1675
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Astronomical papers, 1715
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/69/B
Scope and Contents
Work by Flamsteed, arranged roughly chronologically by handwriting, including a micrometer conversion table, a drawing of a micrometer and notes about a table (70r, 71r, 93r, 94r); a Latin draft entitled 'Spherae genuina delineatio' ('A true delineation of the sphere') (73r-74r); a page from a treatise about Keplerian lunar motion (75rv); a copy of observations 1583-1600 and 1461-1471 (76r-79v, 90r); an analysis of elliptical orbits (83v-86v); a table of errors of the mural arc, 1689-1699...
Dates:
1715
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Astronomical papers, 1639 - 1675
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/76
Scope and Contents
Five papers on astronomical subjects bound together under the direction of G.B. Airy and added to the collection by him, with a list of contents in Airy's hand, 94 folios. The papers are in the hands of Flamsteed, Nicholas Stephenson and several unidentified scribes.1. 'Venus in Sole visa: seu Tractatus Astronomicus' by Jeremiah Horrocks, 1639, differing from the version that constitutes RGO 1/68C, but written in the same hand.2. 'Solares tabulae ex demonstratis fundamentis...
Dates:
1639 - 1675
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Astronomical works, 1638
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/68/E
Scope and Contents
'Jeremiae Horroxii Praeludium Astronomicum Liber Primus De Motu Solis' and 'Astronomiae Lansbergianae Censura', with a second version of part of the latter.
Dates:
1638
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Book on analytic geometry
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/262
Scope and Contents
'Artis Analytica specimina vel Geometrica Analytica', an unbound and undated book on geometrical problems, in ten sections.
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Calculations and equations
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/189
Scope and Contents
Various undated calculations and equations.
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Calculations and tables, 1703 - 1719
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/56
Scope and Contents
An untitled book of lunar and planetary calculations and tables, with some work on the Sun, 178 folios. There is a note about the receipt of a portrait of Tycho Brahe (9r), Latin quotations (178v), other personal notes (especially inside the back cover), and an index to the calculations (177v-178r). The writing is mostly in Flamsteed's hand, and contains parts where the handwriting is illegible. There are dates from 11 June 1703 to September 1719, but the volume may include some work...
Dates:
1703 - 1719
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Computations, tables and observations, 1718 - 1767
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 2/18
Scope and Contents
Computations, tables, observations and miscellaneous papers. Nos 19-43 are bound together in the form of an exercise book.1. Observations of the planets, 17-18 May 1737, in Latin.2. Observations and calculations for 23-24 July 1739. 3. Observations at Stoke Newington, London, 1738. 4. Observations by J.N. Lillee of the passage of the Moon at Petersburg, 2-3 January 1738.5. Lunar observations at Paris, 1729-1723.6. French account of an...
Dates:
1718 - 1767
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Correspondence and speeches, 1910 - 1980
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/160
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A miscellaneous collection of papers relating to Frank Dyson:1. Envelope containing letters to Dyson from W.H.M. Christie, 9 September 1910, A. Montagu Butler, 9 September 1910, and James [ ], 12 September 1910, regarding Dyson's appointment as Astronomer Royal.2. Undated photocopy of a letter from Dyson, Weld Club, Perth, W. Australia, to his wife Carrie, 2-3 August 1914.3. Printed booklet containing Latin pieces assigned to various individuals, including Dyson,...
Dates:
1910 - 1980
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Cosmographiae, 1604
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/67/F
Scope and Contents
'Cosmographiae, et Partis eius praecipuae Astronomiae, definitio et Divisio, at Judiciariae partis Astrologiae Reiectio' ('The definition and division of Cosmography, and especially of its astronomical part, and the rejection of the Judicial Astrology part'), a Latin synopsis of astronomical knowledge in four main sections, with tables and diagrams. The work is apparently in the hand of John Woodford, whose signature appears with the date 1604.
Dates:
1604
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Determination of latitude and longitude, 1772 - 1806
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/159
Scope and Contents
Papers concerned with determining longitude and latitude at sea, with miscellaneous observations.
Dates:
1772 - 1806
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Epitaph on Halley's gravestone, 1762-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/66: 82r
Scope and Contents
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Various rough drafts of the solution of astronomical problems.
Dates:
1762-07
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Essay on knowledge, 1677 - 1704
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/68/K
Scope and Contents
An untitled Latin essay in an unidentified hand, marked 'Annotationum Logicarum Finis', with notes by Ralph Cooke junior (Mrs Flamsteed's father). The essay is undated, but is from before 1665; the notes are of 1677-1704.
Dates:
1677 - 1704
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Extract from 'Anti-Lansbergius', 1638
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/68/D
Scope and Contents
'Explicatio brevis et perspicua Diagrammatis Hipparchi. Lansbergii Errores 20', part of Jeremiah Horrocks's 'Anti-Lansbergius'. The volume is marked '107'.
Dates:
1638
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Hebrew-Latin translation of Genesis, 1752 - 1754
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/205
Scope and Contents
A translation of the first chapters of the Book of Genesis from Hebrew into Latin.
Dates:
1752 - 1754
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Index to some solar tables, 1807
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/130
Scope and Contents
An index to some solar tables, probably those found in RGO 4/125.
Dates:
1807
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Latin ode, 1825
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 442
Scope and Contents
Sent by Bartholomew de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1825
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Letter and Latin ode from Bartholomew de Sanctis, 1823-12-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 430-443
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Letter from de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude outlining his astronomical observations and enclosing a Latin ode. He refers to the Board as 'the Scientific Protectors of the British Navigation, as Castor and Pollux were of the old Ships of Greece and Rome'. Addressed from Crown Tavern, Vinegar Yard, Drury Lane Theatre.
Dates:
1823-12-20
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Letter book, 1676 - 1712
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 1/43
Scope and Contents
An untitled volume of copies of Flamsteed's correspondence, February 1676 - February 1679 and March 1712, with some undated letters and Flamsteed's notes, 81 folios. Some of the copy letters are in Flamsteed's hand, but most are by amanuenses. The correspondents include (through Henry Oldenburg) J.D. Cassini, 1676-1679; Johann Hevelius, 1676-1678; Ismael Bullialdus [Boulliau], 1676; Edmond Halley; Charles Boucher (including a description to Halley of his voyage to Jamaica); Richard...
Dates:
1676 - 1712
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Letter from Joseph Toaldo
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 35/14
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An undated photostat of a letter in Latin from Joseph Toaldo to Nevil Maskelyne, 17 March 1794.
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Letter from L. Regner
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 35/11
Scope and Contents
An undated photostat of a letter in French from L. Regner to Nevil Maskelyne, 21 March 1805, enclosing a copy of a paper in Latin he has written on the propagation of light by celestial bodies, and asking Maskelyne to present it to the Royal Society.
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Letters from Abbé Antonio Maria Jaci regarding a dissertation submitted by him to the Board, 1786-02-04 - 1786-02-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/11: 247-253
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Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1786-02-04 - 1786-02-16
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Lunar calculations, 1751 - 1772
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/193
Scope and Contents
An exercise book comprised primarily of calculations and equations relating to the Moon. The volume includes:1. A note in Latin on the ellipse.2. Distance of the Earth from Jupiter and the Sun.3. Remarks on Simpson's theory of the Moon.4. Observations of stars, 1689-1715.5. Days on which transits and zenith distances of the Sun and transits of stars proper for settling the Sun's right ascension were observed by Edmond Halley, 1726-1729.6. Right...
Dates:
1751 - 1772
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