Astronomical papers, 1676 - 1731
Scope and Contents
Material post-dating Flamsteed's death, with printed items and miscellanea, including a letter from Jacob Georg Spangenburg to Baron von Koenigstreu, 1725 (233r-236v); printed proposals for publishing the 'Atlas Coelestis', 1725, with descriptions of that and the 'Historia Coelestis' (237r-240v); lunar eclipse diagrams, 1729 (241r, 242r); notes comparing thermometers [c. 1730]; 'A Description of an Instrument for taking the Latitude ... by R. Graham' [c. 1731] (244r-246r); a printed advertisement for J. Blaeu's globes [1670s?] (247rv); Flamsteed's printed instrument for predicting the movements of Jupiter's satellites, 1685 (248r); a plate of a solar eclipse by G.C. Eimmart, 1689 (249r); 'Historiola ... Mercurii Soli conjunctim obversi' by Titus Annius Soter, 1690 (250r-255r); a plate showing a solar eclipse in Switzerland by Joh. Meyer [c. 1706] (256r); a printed letter from William Hobbs to the Commissioners of Longitude about his 'Decimal Horologe', 1714 (257r); and rough mathematics, including a diagram of a 'Horizontal Dial for Canton in China with the Chinese Division of Time' (263r).
Dates
- Creation: 1676 - 1731
Creator
- From the Series: Flamsteed, John, 1646 - 1719 (astronomer) (Person)
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Extent
39 folio(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2005-10-28 11:28:53+00:00
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