Record

RefNoMS/243
LevelSubFonds
TitleJohn Flamsteed papers
CreatorFlamsteed, John (1646-1719); astronomer; first Astronomer Royal
Date1673-1687
DescriptionLetters from John Flamsteed to Richard Towneley
LanguageLatin
English
Extent1 volume comprising 70 items, MS Large
PhysicalDescriptionAlbum, size 13 x 10.5 inches
FindingAidsArchive card catalogue
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDepartment of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University Library, papers 1675-1719, correspondence with Sir Isaac Newton, 1680-1689; York Minster Archives, navigational tables; Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, tables of sun and moon, 1700; Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, Oxford University, correspondence with E Bernard, 1678-1684; Trinity College Library, Cambridge University, letters to J Helvelius, 1681; Southampton Archives Office, correspondence with William Molyneux, 1681-1690; Museum of the History of Science, Oxford University, letters to Sir John Moore; Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library, miscellaneous papers Reference Dc 1 61.
RelatedRecordMS/798
CopiesColour tiff of folio 12, plan of Greenwich Observatory
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8219Flamsteed; John (1646 - 1719); astronomer1646 - 1719
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