Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby
Reference number: EL/F1/86
Date: 30 May 1672
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Reservations about Newton's theory of colour and light; states that he has observed the distance of Mars from a fixed star in Aquarius but is busy transcribing numbers for Horrocks's lunar theory; postscript states that he hopes to observe the transit of Mars by two fixed stars
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- EL/F1/86
- Earliest possible date
- 30 May 1672
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Flamsteed, John Flamsteed, John (1646-1719), Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby, 30 May 1672, EL/F1/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_86/letter-from-john-flamsteed-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-derby, accessed on 17 March 2026
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