Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby
Reference number: EL/F1/103
Date: 03 December 1673
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Sends his annual predictions for the moon and planetary appulses (see EL/F1/104); discusses his method of finding the angle of the moon's orbit with the equator and observations of the moon's distance from the 8th star in Aries
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- EL/F1/103
- Earliest possible date
- 03 December 1673
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Flamsteed, Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby, 03 December 1673, EL/F1/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_103/letter-from-john-flamsteed-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-derby, accessed on 25 March 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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