Extract of a letter, from John Flamsteed to John Collins
Reference number: EL/F1/108
Date: 14 December 1674
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States that he has calculated new solar numbers; questioning whether the refraction in Cassini's tables is accurate; discussing calculations for the equation of the Earth's motion to determine the equation of the Earth's orb
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- EL/F1/108
- Earliest possible date
- 14 December 1674
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Flamsteed, Extract of a letter, from John Flamsteed to John Collins, 14 December 1674, EL/F1/108, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_108/extract-of-a-letter-from-john-flamsteed-to-john-collins, accessed on 12 December 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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John Collins
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John Flamsteed
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