Moons of Jupiter
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Table two, three figures from issue 178 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 2. An instrument devised by John Flamsteed to help identify the moons of Jupiter.
Figures 3-4. Representation of the position of a moon of Jupiter in December 1684 (3) and July 1685 (4).
Illustrations to ‘An abstract of a letter from Mr. J. Flamsteed. Math. Reg. & F. of the R. S. giving the description & uses of an instrument for finding the distances fo 4 satellits from his axis, with the help of the table of parallaxes and catalogue of eclipses’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 178 (11 November 1685).
John Flamsteed (1646-1719), British astronomer and first Astronomer Royal, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677.
Figure 2. An instrument devised by John Flamsteed to help identify the moons of Jupiter.
Figures 3-4. Representation of the position of a moon of Jupiter in December 1684 (3) and July 1685 (4).
Illustrations to ‘An abstract of a letter from Mr. J. Flamsteed. Math. Reg. & F. of the R. S. giving the description & uses of an instrument for finding the distances fo 4 satellits from his axis, with the help of the table of parallaxes and catalogue of eclipses’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 178 (11 November 1685).
John Flamsteed (1646-1719), British astronomer and first Astronomer Royal, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677.
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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