Taurus, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' horse-drawn vehicle JOHN LESLIE (Physicien)

JOHN LESLIE (Physicien)

This had been published by the London City Mission

It can be drunk safely on rooftops

showing a rowing boat with three occupants observing the works

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Taurus, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' horse-drawn vehicle JOHN LESLIE (Physicien)The constellation Taurus (the bull), with part of Orion (the hunter). Map 2 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