| Reference number | EL/F1/77 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby |
| Creator | Flamsteed; John (1646-1719); astronomer; astronomer royal |
| Date | 2 December 1671 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Observations of Saturn with a 14 foot telescope; having found Richard Towneley's micrometer not very easy to use, Flamsteed has devised a new micrometer and will send details of it in due course; will also send calculations of the moon's transit over the star cluster Pleiades |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Derby, Derbyshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 52.92277, -1.47663 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 390
Partly printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 78, p 3034
For a description of Towneley's micrometer see 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 2, no 29, p 541 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/87b2cbf1-972d-4b24-9891-690ea6326b94 |
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 |