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John
Flamsteed
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Century of Experience
Evidence
Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group
Author of Text
Title of Text
Form of Text
1600-1699
"When [Isaac] Newton arrived at Greenwich in September 1694, the astronomer [John Flamsteed] showed him 157 lunar posi...
Isaac Newton
John Flamsteed
astronomical calculations (lunar positions)
Manuscript
: Unknown
1700-1799
Adrian Johns discusses John Flamsteed's reading of sheets 1 and 3 of his star catalogue (submitted for printing withou...
John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed
sections of catalogue of stars
Print
: sheets
1700-1799
Adrian Johns describes how "[Edmond] Halley ... [took] to 'correcting' the copy [of John Flamsteed's star catalogue] i...
Edmond Halley
John Flamsteed
catalogue of stars
1700-1799
"As late as 1782 ... [Caroline Herschel] would employ a telescope to 'sweep' the sky for comets, with her brother Will...
Caroline and William Herschel
John Flamsteed
Atlas Coelestis
Print
: Book
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)