Letter 3982

Flamsteed writes that Dr Wallis, Dr Gregory, and Mr Rook have reviewed Mr Casmell’s paper on magnetism and approved it. Mr Newton thanked Flamsteed for sending a copy of the paper and said it ‘deserves to be printed’. He hopes to travel to London soon, as he is feeling better. Flamsteed was an astronomer, had a crucial role in the founding the of the Royal Observatory, and participated in academic debates relating to astronomy (Frances Willmoth, Flamsteed, John (16461719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9669, accessed 21 June 2013]).