General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . FLA ( 119 ) FLA he sent them, together with some other astrono-mical speculations, to lord Crouncker, presi-dent of the Royal Society, who laid them be-fore that body, by whom they were greatly ap-proved, and the author was thanked for hiscommunication, in a letter sent to him by , their secretary. At the same time hereceived another letter of thanks from Mr. JohnCollins, one of the members of the society,
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . FLA ( 119 ) FLA he sent them, together with some other astrono-mical speculations, to lord Crouncker, presi-dent of the Royal Society, who laid them be-fore that body, by whom they were greatly ap-proved, and the author was thanked for hiscommunication, in a letter sent to him by , their secretary. At the same time hereceived another letter of thanks from Mr. JohnCollins, one of the members of the society, withwhom, as well as other learned men, Mr. Flam-steed for a long time afterwards kept up a cor-respondence on scientific and literary the notes to our astronomers life inthe Biographia Britannica, the reader may finda number of extracts from that correspondence,which are interesting, as they exhibit a viewof his progress in his studies, until his appoint-ment to the Station of astronomer royal. Inthe year 1670 his father made him an offer oftaking a journey to London, that he might be-come personally acquainted with his ingeni-ous and learned corresponden
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