Diagram for observing Jupiter
Date
16 April 1673
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Manuscript page number
p86
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Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 201mm
width (page): 201mm
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Description
Diagram in John Flamsteed's observations of Jupiter in a letter dated 16 April 1673. The letter was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 May 1673. An extract of this letter, dated as 19 April 1673 (the date of the covering letter), was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 8, no. 94 (May 1673).
Copied from EL/F1/96/001-003. Another copy at LBC/6/099-100.
Copied from EL/F1/96/001-003. Another copy at LBC/6/099-100.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 May 1673, ‘Mr. Oldenburg read a letter to himself from Mr. Flamstead, dated at Derby, 19th April, 1673, accompanied with a paper in Latin, containing some observations of his own about Jupiter’s transit near some fixed stars, useful for the determining its inclination to the ecliptic. These observations were recommended to the perusal of Mr. Hooke’ (Birch 3:88).
Printed on separate plate as Figs 2-4 in John Flamsteed, 'An extract of his letter of April. 19. 1673, containing some more accurate observations of his own, about Jupiter's transits near some fixed stars; useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptic', Phil. Trans. vol. 8, no. 94 (May 1673), pp. 6033-36.
Printed on separate plate as Figs 2-4 in John Flamsteed, 'An extract of his letter of April. 19. 1673, containing some more accurate observations of his own, about Jupiter's transits near some fixed stars; useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptic', Phil. Trans. vol. 8, no. 94 (May 1673), pp. 6033-36.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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