| RefNo | EL/B3/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from James Bradley to Edmond Halley |
| Creator | Bradley; James (1693-1762); astronomer; freemason |
| Date | 1728 |
| Description | Autograph letter with an account of the motion of fixed stars
Observations made across the whole year and then analysed with mathematical formulae
Tables and figures attached
Read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1728
Transcribed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 35, no 406, p 637 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 26p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1727.0064 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/66a92b37-ffc2-49b8-8879-0340c632cc25 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |
| NA8376 | Bradley; James (1693 - 1762) | 1693 - 1762 |