Jun 20
Art dump cuz summer vacay is finally here :D Figures: Newton, Halley, Hooke, Boyle, and Flamsteed
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Art dump cuz summer vacay is finally here :D Figures: Newton, Halley, Hooke, Boyle, and Flamsteed
Add Isaac Newton to the ‘List of Prominent Historical Figures That Have Been Named as Participating in Nefarious Activities in TMA(GP) Cases’
(This probably makes no sense but in the tags it might explain it better than here?)
The Principia arc, aka Edmond Halley and the Three Cranky Uncles who all Hate Each Other
Redemption Round 2 - Match 28
Strange Music vs. The Movement of the Heavens
Strange Music
The Movement of the Heavens
It is going to be so hard for me to choose in this one. The Calliope? Jon's rib? How could I ever decide! Strange Music earned 171 votes from Round Two, totaling to 391 votes overall, and is up against The Movement of the Heavens with 102 votes from Round One!
MAG 024 - Strange Music | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of Leanne Denikin, regarding an antique calliope organ she possessed briefly in August 2004.
MAG 140 - The Movement of the Heavens | Spotify - Acast - YT | Wiki | Transcript
Statement of John Flamsteed, taken from a partial unsent letter to Abraham Sharp in 1715.
Valentine Greatrakes vs. the “Royal Touch”: Magical Healing during the Scientific Revolution
Valentine Greatrakes vs. the “Royal Touch”: Magical Healing during the Scientific Revolution
About every other Christmas I go into full geek mode and binge-watch the extended versions of the Lord of the Rings movies. In the concluding part, ‘The Return of the King’, there’s a scene where Aragorn, finally having come to terms with his kingship, lays his hands on the wounded with the intent to restore them to health after battle. This scene is a reminder of an ancient healing ritual called…
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Artist: John Flamsteed
Date: 1729
I have had another contest with the President (Sir Isaac Newton) of the Royal Society, who had formed a plot to make my instruments theirs . . . The President ran himself into a great heat, and very indecent passion.
– John Flamsteed
The first Royal Astronomer, John Flamsteed, often found himself embroiled in seventeenth-century intellectual drama. His description of Isaac Newton, which was inscribed in a letter, reveals the tensions Flamsteed often brought to his academic community. The sickly, somewhat ornery astronomer spent much of his time observing stars and other astronomical information. The Cambridge-educated scientist published and discovered important astronomical observations about stars, mural arcs, and planetary tables; he catalogued over three thousand stars in his lifetime. He often struggled to positively collaborate with other astronomers, and the strain on these relationships negatively reflected upon Flamsteed’s intellectual reception. His dealings with political powers, however, fared better than his relationships with his colleagues, as Charles II appointed him as the first Royal Astronomer in 1675.
Image credit: John Flamsteed by Sir Godfrey Kneller. CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Joj Flamsneed: A man so insufferable even his own hair tries to flee from his presence