Caricature Of Newton And Flamsteed is a photograph by Royal Astronomical Society/science Photo Library which was uploaded on October 5th, 2018.
Caricature Of Newton And Flamsteed
Caricature of Newton and Flamsteed. Cartoon of Isaac Newton and John Flamsteed depicted as saints. Newton is insulting Flamsteed by calling him a... more
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Caricature Of Newton And Flamsteed
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Caricature of Newton and Flamsteed. Cartoon of Isaac Newton and John Flamsteed depicted as saints. Newton is insulting Flamsteed by calling him a 'puppy'. In 1712, Newton was the President of the Royal Society and Flamsteed was the Astronomer Royal, both positions of high power and respect. They famously disputed over Newton's premature release of Flamsteed's astronomy book Historia Coelestis Britannica (British Celestial Record). Newton claimed that Flamsteed had refused to publish his findings, and since it had been commissioned by the king he was compelled to publish it. However, Newton had published the work without crediting the author, infuriating Flamsteed. Cartoon sketched by Augustus de Morgan in the 19th century.
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