The History Behind the Conflict of Flamsteed and Newtown John Flamsteed, an English astronomer, has put a huge impact on the field of science, which is still important today. Being the first astronomer of England, Flamsteed founded Greenwich Observatory and discovered over three thousand stars. In the beginning, Flamsteed was struck with a disease, crippling rheumatoid, that forced him to leave school and study astronomy on his own. Flamsteed was fascinated by the solar eclipse, which brought the creativity of making his own instruments that he could use to measure. Finally reaching Cambridge College in 1670, Flamsteed wrote a detailed paper on the sun’s approximated distance from Earth. The paper was only the start because, did he know that King Charles II would appoint him to the Royal Astronomer of England. As an astronomer
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The feud began and hatred grew between them. Flamsteed attempted to make amends by giving him calculations, but Newton insisted that he needed observations and the not calculations. Flamsteed felt mistreated and threatened to withhold his data believing it was his own individual property. Eventually, Flamsteed had to hand over the data to the Royal Society, which Newton was President at the time, so it was directly handed over to him. Flamsteed was excluded from discussion on the research and without the authorization the findings that Newton discovered with his theory were put under Historia Coelestis Britannica, which was published in 1712 when the council of the Royal Society ordered it to be published. Through the discoveries and conflict between Flamsteed and Newton, Newton thought he had control over Flamsteed. During Newton’s court sponsor he lost influence and Flamsteed gained. With revenge, Flamsteed purchased all copies of his catalogue and burned
The feud began and hatred grew between them. Flamsteed attempted to make amends by giving him calculations, but Newton insisted that he needed observations and the not calculations. Flamsteed felt mistreated and threatened to withhold his data believing it was his own individual property. Eventually, Flamsteed had to hand over the data to the Royal Society, which Newton was President at the time, so it was directly handed over to him. Flamsteed was excluded from discussion on the research and without the authorization the findings that Newton discovered with his theory were put under Historia Coelestis Britannica, which was published in 1712 when the council of the Royal Society ordered it to be published. Through the discoveries and conflict between Flamsteed and Newton, Newton thought he had control over Flamsteed. During Newton’s court sponsor he lost influence and Flamsteed gained. With revenge, Flamsteed purchased all copies of his catalogue and burned