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Using Flamsteed

  • In the example corpus, flamsteed often appears in combinations such as: john flamsteed, or flamsteed, flamsteed designation.

Context around Flamsteed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

john 5× royal 1× corrected 1× citation 1× similarly 1×

Often after:

designations 2× house 2× designation 2× spent 1× 1646 1× added 1× catalogues 1×

Sentence patterns with Flamsteed

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and corrected flamsteed s work 1× appointed john flamsteed as the 1× astronomer royal flamsteed spent some 1× astronomers before flamsteed who believed 1× author john flamsteed the catalog 1× bayer and flamsteed catalogues main 1× bayer or flamsteed designation 1× bayer or flamsteed designation is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as astronomer royal 1× during the years 1× flamsteed and other 1× flamsteed designations are 1× flamsteed designations were 1× flamsteed house at 1×

Common sentence endings:

2 554 stars 1× britannica 1712 1725 1× catalogue of stars 1× first astronomer royal 1× flamsteed s chagrin 1× his catalogus britannicus 1×

Words around Flamsteed

Just before it in the word index:

flamstead 2 flams 2 flammkuchen 2 flamme 3 flammarion 4 flammables 2

Just after it in the word index:

flan 24 flanaess 20 flanagan 270 flanagans 2 flanagin 2 flanary 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aare 28 aarti 28 abl 28 academicians 28 accusatory 28 achingly 28

Corpus analysis for Flamsteed

  • In this selection, "flamsteed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, john, royal, corrected, designations, house and designation stand out and add context to how "flamsteed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and corrected flamsteed s work and appointed john flamsteed as the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "flamsteed" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with flamsteed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Flamsteed designations were assigned to 2554 stars. (7 words)

He appointed John Flamsteed as the first Astronomer Royal. (9 words)

Flamsteed House at the Ecclesbourne School in Duffield is also named after him. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

It was built for a cost of £520 (£20 over budget) out of largely recycled materials on the foundations of Duke Humphrey's Tower, which resulted in the alignment being 13 degrees away from true North, somewhat to Flamsteed's chagrin. (41 words)

She wrote letters to the Astronomer Royal to announce the discovery of her second comet, and wrote to Joseph Banks upon the discovery of her third and forth comets. citation Flamsteed's work was published as the British Catalogue of Stars. (41 words)

As Astronomer Royal, Flamsteed spent some forty years observing and making meticulous records for his star catalogue, which would eventually triple the number of entries in Tycho Brahe 's sky atlas. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

As Astronomer Royal, Flamsteed spent some forty years observing and making meticulous records for his star catalogue, which would eventually triple the number of entries in Tycho Brahe 's sky atlas.

During the years 1786-1797, she discovered or observed eight comets, eleven nebulae and, at her brother's suggestion, updated and corrected Flamsteed's work detailing the position of stars.

Flamsteed and other early modern astronomers called the constellation just Navis (the Ship), genitive "Navis", abbreviated "Nav".

Flamsteed designations are often used instead of the Bayer designation if the latter contains an extra attached number; for example, " 55 Cancri " is more common than "Rho-1 Cancri".

Flamsteed designations were assigned to 2554 stars.

Flamsteed House at the Ecclesbourne School in Duffield is also named after him.

Flamsteed was greatly impressed (as Isaac Newton had been) by the work of Horrocks.

For other naked eye stars, the Bayer or Flamsteed designation is often preferred.

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From the time of John Flamsteed (1646–1719) it had been believed that the Earth's daily rotation was uniform.

HD numbers are widely used today for stars which have no Bayer or Flamsteed designation.

He appointed John Flamsteed as the first Astronomer Royal.

It was built for a cost of £520 (£20 over budget) out of largely recycled materials on the foundations of Duke Humphrey's Tower, which resulted in the alignment being 13 degrees away from true North, somewhat to Flamsteed's chagrin.

John Flamsteed added the letters x (mistaken as Chi), y and z to 13, 14 and 15 Sagittae in his Catalogus Britannicus.

Published in 1712 (without the consent of the author, John Flamsteed ), the catalog lists 2,554 stars.

Robert Chambers, Book of Days The building was often called "Flamsteed House", in reference to its first occupant.

See articles on Vincent Wing and Thomas Streete for examples of astronomers before Flamsteed who believed this.

Severen (1981), pp. 8-12 Bayer and Flamsteed catalogues main Two systems introduced in historical catalogues remain in use to the present day.

She wrote letters to the Astronomer Royal to announce the discovery of her second comet, and wrote to Joseph Banks upon the discovery of her third and forth comets. citation Flamsteed's work was published as the British Catalogue of Stars.

Similarly, Flamsteed-like designations assigned by other astronomers are no longer in general use.

The first star catalog to use right ascension and declination was John Flamsteed 's Historia Coelestis Britannica (1712, 1725).

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Common combinations with flamsteed

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