Solar, lunar and Jovian tables, 1690 - 1707
Scope and Contents
Three books of solar, lunar and Jovian tables, numbered by Flamsteed 85, 65 and 83, stitched together with a few additional folios to form one volume, 87 folios. The writing is in the hands of Flamsteed and others.
Book 85: Solar and lunar places for 1705-1707 (2r-16v), and tables of Jupiter for 1687-1690, with calculations (18r-22r).
Book 65: Personal accounts (31r-32r); two drafts of Flamsteed's letter on stellar parallax (32v-33v, 59v-63r); tables of equations of light and time, 1694-1707, and of Jupiter, 1694-1709, with observations of Jupiter's satellites (33v-50r, 57v); and solar tables for 1701-1704 and 1776 (63v-66r). The book was started on 19 August 1690, and includes dates up to 7 January 1707.
Book 83: Calculations by Margaret Flamsteed (70r); tables 'pro conversione Revolutionum Cochleae limbo Arcus Muralis' ('for conversion of revolutions of the screw on the limb of the mural arc') (70v-77r); and data relating to the Pole Star, 1689 (77v).
Dates
- Creation: 1690 - 1707
Creator
- From the Series: Flamsteed, John, 1646 - 1719 (astronomer) (Person)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
A1/69
Finding aid date
2005-10-19 16:25:31+00:00
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