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Record 6329

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"When [Isaac] Newton arrived at Greenwich in September 1694, the astronomer [John Flamsteed] showed him 157 lunar positions calculated at the observatory ... Newton asked permission to take copies of them."
Century: 1600-1699
Date: Between 1 Sep 1694 and 30 Sep 1694
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Greenwich
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Isaac Newton
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 4 Jan 1643
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Scientist/Mathematician
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Flamsteed
Title: astronomical calculations (lunar positions)
Genre: Science, Mathematics, Astronomy
Form of Text: Manuscript: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6329  
Source - Print  
  Author: Adrian Johns
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
  Place of Publication: Chicago
  Date of Publication: 1998
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 569
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 569, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6329, accessed: 26 April 2024

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