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20	Lunar observations and star catalogues
21	Stellar observations
22	Planetary observations
23	Mural arc stellar observations
24	Stellar observations and deduced data
25	Star catalogues
26	Observation notebooks
27	Stellar observation papers
28	Star, planetary and lunar catalogues
29	Zodiacal star catalogues
30	Star catalogues
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Papers of John Flamsteed

Title	Mural arc observations
Reference	RGO 1/15 (former reference: A1/35)
Covering Dates	circa 1694-circa 1716
Extent and Medium	1 volume

Content and context

'Apographa' ('Exact copies'), first part: an undated copy of observations made between 12 September 1689 and 19 December 1693, with notes up to c. 1716, in the hands of Flamsteed others, 175 folios. The volume includes notes on the Pole Star, instrumental errors and comparison of micrometers (1r, 126v, 153-156v); 'Animadvertenda', on the mural arc (102r-103v); observations made by Jean de Fontaney in China (151v); an extract from Dr Thomas Plume's will (157v-158r); and a 'list of my pupills Names and Employments', covering 1676-1709 (165v-166v).

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Plume, Thomas (1630-1704) clergyman and educational benefactor

Fontaney, Jean de (1643-1710) mathematician

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