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Contemporary account from 1866

 

Date: 1866
Author: James Carpenter, Assistant at the Royal Observatory
Title: John Flamsteed and the Greenwich Observatory
About: Published in 1866 in three episodes in the Gentleman's Magazine (Bradbury Evans & Co, London), this extensive account is largerly contemporary rather than historical. Amongst his duties in 1866, Carpenter had the general charge of the Observatory Library and Manuscripts. The three episodes were published as follows:

Epsiode 1: Feb 1866, pp.239–252

Episode 2: Mar 1866, pp.378–386

Episode 3: Apr 1866, pp.449–558
Images: 14



Click here to read episode 1 as origninally published
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