Record Number: 6327

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Foremost among ... [John Flamsteed's] critics was ... [Robert] Hooke, whose Cometa Flamsteed read with disdain ... [suggesting] that Hooke's prescriptions for astronomical practice rested on false [ie supposedly philosophical] grounds."

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Flamsteed

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Aug 1646

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Scientist

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Hooke

Title:

Cometa

Genre:

Science, astronomy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6327

Source:

Print

Author:

Adrian Johns

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making

Place of Publication:

Chicago

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

564

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 564, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6327, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None