Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby
Reference number: EL/F1/97
Date: 19 April 1673
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Encloses a paper of observations of Jupiter near fixed stars (see EL/F1/96); wishes for more apparatus to be able to rectify errors in Tycho's work and to add some stars to his catalogue; discussing the object glass for his telescope
Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1673
Edited version printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 94, p 6033
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- 19 April 1673
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John Flamsteed, John Flamsteed, John (1646-1719), Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby, 19 April 1673, EL/F1/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_97/letter-from-john-flamsteed-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-derby, accessed on 20 April 2026
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An extract of Mr. Flamsteads letter of April, 19. 1673. containing some more accurate observations of his own, about Jupiter's transits near some fixed star; useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptique. External link, opens in new tab.
Author: John Flamsteed
Date: 19th May 1673
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1673.0016
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