An Account of the Revd. John Flamsteed, the First Astronomer-Royal by John Flamsteed, Francis F. R. S. Baily

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

John Flamsteed, Francis F. R. S. Baily

832 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography science

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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', radica...

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