Reference number | 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 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 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | 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 Predictions printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 77, p 2297 |
URL description | 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 | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8219 | Flamsteed; John (1646 - 1719); astronomer | 1646 - 1719 |