| RefNo | EL/F1/75 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby |
| Creator | Flamsteed; John (1646-1719); astronomer; astronomer royal |
| Date | 15 November 1671 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Sends astronomical predictions for the following year entitled 'Lunae ad fixas appulsus visibiles...' (inserted after EL/F1/78b); also sends the diurnal transit of the moon at 'Cor Leonis' for Robert Hooke; states that he has measured the distances of the star cluster Pleiades, that Richard Towneley has done the same in Lancashire, and that he will send calculations of the remaining transits
Predictions printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 77, p 2297
Read to the Royal Society on 23 November 1671 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Derby, Derbyshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 52.92277, -1.47663 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0054 |
See EL/F1/78a for additional predictions
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 361 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/F1/78a |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/d9294bcb-78e8-433e-98b6-c239672fb65e |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA8219 | Flamsteed; John (1646 - 1719); astronomer | 1646 - 1719 |