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Reference numberEL/F1/77
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby
CreatorFlamsteed; John (1646-1719); astronomer; astronomer royal
Date2 December 1671
DescriptionSigned 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
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originDerby, Derbyshire, England
Origin coordinates52.92277, -1.47663
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Access statusOpen
Related materialTranscribed 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 descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/87b2cbf1-972d-4b24-9891-690ea6326b94
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8219Flamsteed; John (1646 - 1719); astronomer1646 - 1719
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