Evidence: | Adrian Johns describes how "[Edmond] Halley ... [took] to 'correcting' the copy [of John Flamsteed's star catalogue] in Child's coffeehouse, and pointing out to his 'impious friends' there all Flamsteed's purported errors." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: Child's coffee-house |
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Reader: | Edmond Halley |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 8 Nov 1656 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Scientist |
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 |
Author: | John Flamsteed |
Title: | catalogue of stars |
Genre: | Science, Mathematics, Astronomy |
Form of Text: | Print: Pamphlet |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 6331 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 600 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 600, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6331, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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