Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby
Reference number: EL/F1/77
Date: 02 December 1671
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Observations of Saturn with a 14 foot telescope; having found Richard Towneley's micrometer not very easy to use, Flamsteed has devised a new micrometer and will send details of it in due course; will also send calculations of the moon's transit over the star cluster Pleiades
Partly printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 78, p 3034
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John Flamsteed, Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby, 02 December 1671, EL/F1/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_77/letter-from-john-flamsteed-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-derby, accessed on 19 April 2025
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Extracts of two letters written from Darby, Novemb. 21. and Decemb 2. 1671. by Mr. John Flamstead to the Publisher, touching some late appearances of Saturn External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1671
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0062
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