An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-Royal

An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-Royal (English, Paperback, Baily Francis)

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An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-Royal  (English, Paperback, Baily Francis)

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    • Language: English
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    • Genre: Science
    • ISBN: 9781108038003, 9781108038003
    • Pages: 832
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    John Flamsteed (1646-1719) was the first Astronomer Royal, appointed to the newly founded Greenwich Observatory. Charged with improving navigation at sea, he used meticulous telescopic observations to compile a 'Catalogue of British Stars', radically updating Tycho Brahe's previous naked-eye calculations. However he delayed publishing, leading to a vituperative quarrel with contemporaries Newton and Halley, who published his results without his permission. Flamsteed managed to destroy most of that edition - his own was published posthumously - but his reputation was damaged. A century later, Francis Baily (1774-1844), a stockbroker who became President of the Royal Astronomical Society, rediscovered Flamsteed's papers, including autobiographical writings and extensive correspondence. Their publication in this volume, along with a revised version of the catalogue, rehabilitated Flamsteed's reputation and restated the importance of methodical observation in astronomy. Today, this book illuminates both the social context of Flamsteed's work and the intellectual climate of Baily's London.
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    • Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
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    • 42 mm
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    • 297 mm
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    • 210 mm
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    • 1960 gr
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