Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code Job_0439 Nos 412-418 Strand

Nos 412-418 Strand

In Britain in the 1890s

'The Lottery Contrast'

An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System

Exterior view with a funeral procession on the left

Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code Job_0439 Nos 412-418 StrandThe 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