Spherical triangles
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                                31 March 1702
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Unknown, Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                p3
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Material
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (page): 292mm
width (page): 179mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 179mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Spherical triangles alongside notes by Abraham Sharp on the cover of a letter to him from John Flamsteed dated 31 March 1702. 
Abraham Sharp (1653-1742) was Flamsteed's assistant in 1684, and also in 1688-91. From 1694, he ran a family estate at Little Horton, near Bradford (see Correspondence of Flamsteed, ed. by Forbes et al., vol. 3, p. 968).
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Abraham Sharp (1653-1742) was Flamsteed's assistant in 1684, and also in 1688-91. From 1694, he ran a family estate at Little Horton, near Bradford (see Correspondence of Flamsteed, ed. by Forbes et al., vol. 3, p. 968).
                                Object history
                            
                            
                                MS/798 is a collection of letters by John Flamsteed and his wife, and by Mr Crosthwait, to Abraham Sharp between the years 1702 and 1730.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Related fellows
                            
                            
                                John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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