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Description: | Celestial Planisphere. This intricate chart shows the northern celestial hemisphere as known in 1690. Its pair, G200:3/3, shows the southern celestial hemisphere. They were produced in 1690 by mathematician Joseph Harris and publisher John Senex. Both include careful description of the construction of the charts and a series of examples and problems for how to use them. Edmond Halley?s Britannick Catalogue, on which this planisphere was based, was derived from a draft catalogue by John Flamsteed, the Astronomer Royal. Flamsteed had distributed it to fellow astronomers in 1686-7 on the understanding that its contents were too provisional for publication.
This record was added as part of the 2009-2010 pre 1900 charts transcription project.
caption: Harris, Stellarum fixarum | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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