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John Flamsteed

 

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Edmond Halley : Catalogus Stellarum Australium, sive Supplementum Catalogi Tychonici exhibens longitudines et latitudines stellarum fixarum ...

Adrian Johns discusses John Flamsteed's (disapproving) reading of Edmond Halley, Catalogus Stellarum Australium.

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: John Flamsteed      Print: Book

  

Robert Hooke : Cometa

"Foremost among ... [John Flamsteed's] critics was ... [Robert] Hooke, whose Cometa Flamsteed read with disdain ... [suggesting] that Hooke's prescriptions for astronomical practice rested on false [ie supposedly philosophical] grounds."

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: John Flamsteed      Print: Book

  

John Flamsteed : sections of catalogue of stars

Adrian Johns discusses John Flamsteed's reading of sheets 1 and 3 of his star catalogue (submitted for printing without his authorisation, and much added to), apparently supplied to him by printing-house staff.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: John Flamsteed      Print: sheets

 

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