Brattle, Thomas (1658-1713)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke3496.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3496. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Prominent Boston merchant, tutor at Harvard University, became its treasurer. Observed the comet of 1680 with Harvard's first telescope of 3.5 feet focal length—the observations were mentioned by ISAAC NEWTON in Principia. One of the first astronomers in America, Brattle's unique claim to a place in history is that he persuaded colonial Governor William Phips to order that reliance on spectral an...

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