| Reference number | EL/F1/82 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby |
| Creator | Flamsteed; John (1646-1719); astronomer; astronomer royal |
| Date | 5 March 1672 |
| Description | States that he sends an account of observations of Jupiter and explains his method of observing the latitude of the moon by the distance of the fixed star; states that Richard Towneley's micrometer was not easy to use for observing the transit of the moon with the star in Libra, and that his own instrument had not yet been made |
| 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 580 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/451df9dc-0f0f-4c2b-b652-d02d56f54690 |
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 |