Crabtree, William (1610-44)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3553. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Instrument-maker and astronomer, born in Broughton, Lancashire, England, studied sunspots, made precise observations of the planets, including a transit of Venus. Crabtree collaborated with HORROCKS who predicted the transit. Horrocks described his friend Crabtree as `a man who has few superiors in mathematical learning' and described how awestruck Crabtree had been on perceiving the little disc ...

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