Thomas Smith - John Flamsteed - 1700-10-17

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Thomas Smith - John Flamsteed - 1700-10-17

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15589
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Smith 60, ff.167-8
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Thomas Smith
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	John Flamsteed
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	October 17, 1700
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	London ^{51° 29' 21.60" N, 0° 8' 38.60" W}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	John Greaves
LiteratureReference to literature.	Greaves 16471, Forbes - Murdin - Wilmoth 1997, vol. 2, p. 660, no. 8262, Burnett 2020b, p. 4893
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Weights And Measures, Book Translation
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'I have severall yeares since lookt over Abbate Fabretii his booke, De aquis et aqueductibus veteris Romae, printed at Rome 1680, which now lyes upon my table. Hee knew nothing of Mr Greaves’s booke, Of the Roman foot, and Denarius, which would have been extremely usefull to him in determining with greater niceness and exactness the measure of the Old Roman Foot ... I am perswaded, that even a Roman Architect and Mathematician being judge when hee shall read the Latine translation of Mr Greav’s excellent booke, will acknowledge that our Countryman made use of better instruments, used greater care, and pursued truer and nicer methods in examining the several monuments of Antiquity, which Rome then afforded.' (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Smith 60, ff.167-8; Forbes - Murdin - Wilmoth 1997, vol. 2, p. 660, no. 826; Burnett 2020b, p. 489)

References

^ Greaves, John (1647) A discourse of the Roman foot, and Denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures, and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced, London.
^ Forbes, E.G., L. Murdin, & F. Wilmoth (eds.)(1997) The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal. Volume 2: 1682-1703, Bristol.
^ Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.