Flamstead

Huyghens discovered the ring of Saturn, and calculated its appearances; Hook and Flamstead have done the same thing.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

The English Observatory was fortunately placed under the direction of the celebrated Flamstead, whose name the hill, or site of the building, still retains.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 Various

The first stone of this Observatory was laid by Flamstead, on the 10th of August, 1675.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 Various

Flamstead, the royal astronomer, observing the punctual time by instruments.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 552, June 16, 1832 Various

The celebrated Flamstead, the astronomer, when a lad of nineteen, went into Ireland to be touched by Greatrakes, and he testifies that he was an eyewitness of several cures, although he himself was not benefited.

Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten

Mohammedanism did not, like ancient paganism, adore the stars; but its disciples studied them with a diligence, without which, perhaps, Newton, Flamstead, and

History of the Moors of Spain M. Florian

He was appointed astronomer-royal in 1676; but Charles (as in the case of the curious dial at Whitehall, described by us a few weeks since [1]), neglected to complete what he had so well begun: and Flamstead entered upon the duties of his appointment with instruments principally provided _at his own expense_, and that of a zealous patron of science, James Moore.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 Various

In 1696, the foundation-stone of Greenwich Hospital was laid by John Evelyn, with a select committee of commissioners, and Sir Christopher Wren, precisely at five in the evening, _after they had dined together_, Flamstead, the royal astronomer, observing the time punctually by his instruments.

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Flamstead and Wheathampstead are the only churches in the county that have retained their original vestries, N. of the chancel.

Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901

_The Ver_ rises near Flamstead, is crossed by the Dunstable Road,

Hertfordshire Herbert Winckworth Tompkins 1901