Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:XXL: 100 x 100cm and printing and dying

and printing and dying

18/09/1960

Laurie Cunningham

Haig was commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of World War I

Apsley Pellatt (1791-1863) was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Royal Society in 1851

Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:XXL: 100 x 100cm and printing and dyingThe stars of the northern hemisphere. Map 27 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729