The Royal observatory, Greenwich. A glance at its history and work (1900)
Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter), 1851-1928 · London, The Religious tract society · leaf 47
gifts or loans from Sir Jonas Moore, andby one or two small loans from the Royal Society.The death of this great friend and patron, four yearsafter the founding of the Observatory, and only threeyears after his entering into residence, deprived himof several of these ; it was with difficulty that… … c s s FLAMSTEED 45 of fifty inches radius. His circumstances improvedthe following year, when Lord North gave him theliving of Burstow, near Horley, Surrey, Flamsteedhaving received ordination almost at the time of hisappointment to the Astronomer Royalship. Wehave little or no account of the way…
Royal Greenwich Observatory · Astronomy
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