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Papers examining different aspects of John Flamsteed's career as
the first `astronomer royal'. John Flamsteed played a leading role
in English astronomy for nearly half a century, from his
appointment as `astronomical observator' to Charles II and first
director of the new Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in 1675,
through five successive reigns until his death on the last day of
1719. The Observatory's innovative instruments enabled him to plot
the movements of the heavenly bodies with unprecedented accuracy,
but he was also in correspondence with other astronomers,
participating in the controversies of the day and caught up in a
lengthy rivalry with Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley - reflected in
the complex publishing history of the Historia Coelestis, detailed
here. This book confirms Flamsteed's achievements as astronomer,
mathematician, instrument maker and writer on optics, and also
discusses more personal issues such as his relations with the Royal
Society, his pursuit of professional recognition, and the friction
between him and his eventual successor Halley. FRANCES WILLMOTH
gained her Ph.D. for her biography of Flamsteed's patron, Sir Jonas
Moore. Contributors: JIM BENNETT, FRANCES WILLMOTH, MORDECHAI
FEINGOLD,ADRIAN JOHNS, HESTER HIGTON, ROB ILIFFE, IAN G. STEWART,
OWEN GINGERICH, ALAN COOK, WILLIAM J. ASHWORTH, ADAM PERKINS
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