Diagram of a globe
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                                22 March 1681
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                f52 p1r
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (page): 307mm
width (page): 194mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 194mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Diagram copied from Thomas Burnet's Telluris theoria sacra  (London, 1681) to explain Burnet's idea of how the earth was originally created. From a letter by John Flamsteed to Richard Towneley dated 22 March 1681.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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