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Copy of a letter, from Richard Waller to John Flamsteed, dated at Crane Court

Reference number: EL/W3/81

Date: 04 March 1714

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States that the Queen has authorised the Royal Society to request astronomical observations from him for the year 1713; there was also an order for him to observe the moon near her residence; states that the Royal Society is trying to get the observatory and instruments ready for use at Greenwich

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EL/W3/81
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04 March 1714
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Richard Waller

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Richard Waller, Richard Waller, Copy of a letter, from Richard Waller to John Flamsteed, dated at Crane Court, 04 March 1714, EL/W3/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_81/copy-of-a-letter-from-richard-waller-to-john-flamsteed-dated-at-crane-court, accessed on 15 January 2026

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