(Fl.1668-82) , 18 Al-Haitham (C.965-C.1040) , 69–72 Al-Kindi

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A Catoptrics , 69 Acts of Uniformity , 62 Cavendish, Charles (1591-1654) , 56, 57, 133 Adamson, Humphrey (fl .1668-82) , 18 Cavendish, William (Duke of Newcastle) Al-Haitham (c.965-c.1040) , 69Ð72 (1592-1676) , 56, 57, 133Ð135, 141 Al-Kindi (Ibn Is-haq) (pre.800-c.866) , 69Ð71 Charles I (1600-49) , 48, 56, 125, 130Ð133 Apelles , 86, 87 Chetham’s Library , 129, 130 Argoli, Andreas (1570-1657) , 105, 204 Christina, Queen of Sweden , 79 Aristarchus (c.310-c.230 BCE) , 91 Clavius, Christopher (1538-1612) , 66 Aristotle (384-322 BCE) , 69 Clitherow, Margaret (1556-86) , 62 Ashe, Simeon , 137 Coal mining , 5 Aubrey, John (1626-97) , 44, 45, 52, 61, Colbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-83) , 35 65, 66, 121 Copernicus, Nicolas (1473-1543) , 83, 90Ð92 Auzout, Adrien (1622-91) , 15Ð20, 35, 43Ð44, Corbet, John , 132 47, 119, 147 Crabtree, William (1610-44) , 4, 5, 23Ð25, 27Ð28, 33, 34, 37Ð39, 48, 55, 58, 61, 70, 79, 81, 82, 89, 90, 93, B 95Ð98, 103Ð108, 110, 112Ð116, Bacon, Roger (c.1214-94) , 72 118Ð120, 123, 145 Baily, Francis (1774-1844) , 103, 108 Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) , 136, 137 Belle Isle , 3, 5, 6 Croone, William (1633-84) , 18, 20, 46 Bevis, John (1695-1771) , 44, 49, 54 Cross-staff , 106 Birch, Thomas (1705-66) , 16, 20 Cysat, Johann (c.1588-1657) , 85 Bisection of the eccentricity , 54, 93, 98, 110, 119, 176, 184 Blackwell Hall , 108 D Boswell, James (1740-95) , 31 Delambre, Jean-Baptiste (1749-1822) , 47, 98 Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601) , 34, 92, 119, 158, Derham, Anna , 40, 41 159, 181, 204, 208 Derham, William (1657-1735) , 31Ð34, 36, 40, British Museum , 117, 118 42, 43, 145 Derham, William (jnr) (1702-57) , 40Ð41 Descartes, René (1596-1650) , 27, 46, 56, 78, C 79, 106, 113, 115, 147, 166, 169 Cartwright, Jane , 8, 9, 11, 36, 64, 66 Digby, Everard (c.1578-1606) , 121, 122 Cartwright, William , 7, 8 Digby, Kenelm (1603-65) , 55, 57, 70, Castelli, Benedetto (1578-1643) , 87 121Ð125, 147, 154, 162, 188

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Dioptrics , 27, 69, 73 Gregory, James (1638-1675) , 79 Douai College , 65 Grienberger, Christoph (1561-1636) , 45, 66, 89 Drake, Nathan , 141 Grosseteste, Robert (c.1168-1253) , 77 Gunpowder plot , 63, 122

E Eccentricity , 54, 55, 91Ð94, 97, 98, 110, 119, H 173, 176, 183, 184 Hallam, Henry (1777-1859) , 116 Elliptical orbits , 34, 83, 93Ð94, 97Ð98, 119, Halley, Edmond (c.1656-1743),45 , 108 159 Halliwell, James Orchard (1820-89) , 56, 57 English Civil War (1642-46) , 11, 23, 57, Harriot, Thomas (c.1560-1621) , 78, 83 132Ð139, 144, 147 Heliocentrism , 91Ð92, 124 English College (Rome) , 66 Henrietta Maria, Queen , 125 Equinoxes , 90, 93, 94, 96, 116, 119Ð120, Hérigone, Pierre (-c.1643) , 78 207Ð209 Hipparchus (c.190-c.120 BCE) , 39, 90, 116, Equivocation , 63, 67 119, 208Ð210 Euclid (fl .c.295 BCE) , 69, 70 Historiae Coelestis (Flamsteed) , 1, 21, 30, Eye, anatomy of , 70, 72, 106 98, 99 Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) , 57 Holwarda, Johannes Phocylides (1618-1651) , F 97, 105, 176, 201, 207, 209 Fabri, Honoré (1607-88) , 109 Hooke, Robert (1635-1703) , 16, 20Ð22, 42, Fabricius, Johannes (1587-1616) , 83Ð85 46, 47, 109 Fairfax, Thomas (1612-71) , 134, 136 Hopkinson, John (1610-80) , 11, 57 Fawkes, Guy (1570-1606) , 63 Horrocks (Horrox), Jeremiah (c.1619-41) , Feild, John (1520-86) , 92 4, 5, 23Ð25, 28, 34, 38Ð39, 48, Flamsteed, John (1646-1719) , 4, 21, 23, 25, 61, 81Ð82, 93Ð96, 98, 107, 145, 27Ð28, 30, 45, 98Ð99, 103, 104, 159Ð160, 162, 166, 201, 210, 107Ð110, 115, 138, 145, 147 211, 214 Forbes, Eric (1933-84) , 58, 109, 110 Hortensius, Martinus (1605-39) , 54, 95, 97, Foster, Joseph (1844-1905) , 11 105, 113, 165, 175, 183, 185, 212 Foster, Samuel (-1652) , 34, 159, 208 Hunter, Joseph (1783-1861) , 47 Froidmund (Froidmont), Libert (1587-1653) , Huygens, Christiaan (1629-95) , 17, 43, 44 89, 158

I G Ibn-Sahl , 77 Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) , 33, 34, 57, 69, Idols, eidola , 70 73, 83Ð89, 124, 155, 158, 165, 178, Inclinator , 176, 202, 207 186 Garnet, Henry (1555-1606) , 63 Gascoigne, Elizabeth , 7 J Gascoigne, Henry (1586-1645) , 7Ð9, 36, 47, Johnson, Samuel (1709-84) , 31 64, 66Ð68, 141Ð144 Jones, William (c.1675-1749) , 44, 49 Gascoigne, Henry, administration of , 144 Jupiter, moons of , 73, 83 Gascoigne, John (-1590) , 7 Justel, Henri (1620-1693) , 20, 34 Gascoigne, John (1617-) , 67 Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655) , 94, 156Ð158 Gaythorpe, Sidney (1880-1964) , 81, 82, 111, K 113 Kay, Edmund , 64, 144 Geocentrism , 90Ð92 Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) , 33, 34, 39, 54, George II , 117 65, 72Ð73, 92Ð96, 105, 113Ð114, Gill, David (1843-1914) , 30 119, 147, 155, 158, 168, 176, 183, Great Council of Peers (1641) , 56Ð57, 122 195, 207, 208, 210 Index 221

Kepler’s second law , 98 Morin (Morinus), Jean-Baptiste (1583-1656) , Kepler’s third law , 95 113, 123, 163, 172, 184 Mouton, Gabriel de (1618-1694) , 110 Mydorge, Claude (1585-1647) , 56, 115, 198, L 208, 214 La Hire, Philippe de (1640-1718) , 34Ð36, 43, 44 Langdale, Marmaduke (1598-1661) , 133, 138, 139 N Lansberge, Philip van (1561-1632) , 34, 54, Nasesby, battle of , 141 95Ð98, 105, 113, 115, 129, 159Ð160, Neile, Paul (1613-86) , 142 162, 173, 202, 207Ð208, 212 New Hall , 3, 5, 6, 47, 48 Leigh, Sir Ferdinando , 3, 64, 67, 133, 144 Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) , 50, 108, 109 Lens grinding , 23, 69, 113, 115, 175 Nineteen Propositions (1642) , 132 Leven, 1st Earl of (Alexander Leslie) North, Frederick (2nd Earl of Guilford) (1588-1661) , 134 (1732-92) , 120 Long Marston , 134 Long Parliament , 125 Longitude, determination of , 122, 123 O Longomontanus (Christian Severin) (1562- Oldenburg, Henry (c.1619-77) , 3, 15Ð17, 19, 1647) , 95, 159, 208 20, 28, 43, 44 Lucretius (c.99-c.55 BCE) , 69, 70 Orbit, of the Earth , 15, 54, 91Ð94, 97, 98, 119 Lydiat, Thomas (1572-1646) , 116, 209 Oughtred, William (1575-1660) , 44, 49Ð56, 65, 68, 70, 79, 81, 82, 97, 99, 112, 147, 165, 176 M Macclesfi eld, Earl of (George Parker) , 44, 49Ð50 P Macclesfi eld, Earl of (Thomas Parker) , 49 Pell, John (1611-85) , 46, 56, 57 Malapert, Charles (1581-1630) , 113, 170, Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703) , 19 175, 183 Perry Watlington family , 42 Malvasia, Marquis of , 17, 43, 44 Picard, Jean (1620-82) , 15, 17, 35, 36, 43, 44 Manilius, Marcus (fl . 1st century AD) , 23 Plague (1645) , 143, 144 Mariani, Andrea (1593-c.1661) , 69 Plato (c.423-c.347 BCE) , 69 Mars, parallax of , 28 Pleiades , 162, 163, 166, 167, 172, 190, Marston Moor , 24, 25, 36, 45, 56, 135Ð139, 141 191, 199 Martincrofts, Richard , 120 Pliny the Elder (23-79) , 86 Maty, Matthieu (1718-76) , 44 Pontefract Castle, seige of , 133, 141, Melton Mowbray , 37Ð38 142, 144 Mersenne, Marin (1588-1648) , 46, 56 Postal service , 120, 124 Micrometer , 15Ð17, 20Ð22, 25, 28, 30, 35Ð40, Power, Henry (c.1626-68) , 3, 17Ð18, 20, 43Ð44, 47, 55, 81, 94, 97, 106, 110, 107, 119 112, 118, 121, 124, 147, 148, 151Ð152 Price, William , 50 Middleton , 3, 5Ð7, 36Ð37, 55, 67, 68, 144, Prince Rupert (1619-82) , 134Ð136 162, 166 Privy Council , 66 Milbourne, William (1595) , 24Ð25 Protestation Oath (1641) , 67 Militia Ordinance (1642) , 131, 133 Prutenic Tables , 92 Molyneux, William (1656-98) , 27, 28, 109, 147 Ptolemy, Claudius (c.100-c.175) , 34, 77, 83, Montagu, Walter , 125 90Ð92, 95, 116, 119 Moon, apparent diameter , 23, 30, 37, 55, 96, 98 Moon, distance of , 123 Moon, eclipse of , 4, 96Ð97, 105, 202 Q Moon, theory of , 39, 98, 212 Quadrant , 36Ð40, 44, 55, 113, 130, 161, Moore, Jonas (1617-79) , 25, 27, 28, 42, 45, 170Ð171, 213 46, 66, 110, 145 Queen’s College (Oxford) , 66 222 Index

R T Recusancy , 61Ð62 Tarde, Jean (c.1561-1636) , 89, 158, 160, 196, Recusant Rolls , 63Ð64 197, 200 Refraction, law of , 54, 70, 71, 73, 77Ð79, 109, Telescope, galilean , 54, 73, 74, 79, 82 113, 114 Telescope, keplerian , 73Ð75, 81, 82, 113 Reinhold, Erasmus (1511-1553) , 92 Telescopic sight , 34Ð38, 54Ð56, 104, 109, 147 Riccioli, Giovanni Battista (1598-1671) , Tempest, Richard , 7 162, 204 Thomas, Grace , 9 Richelieu, Cardinal de (1585-1642) , 123, 125 Thomas, Richard , 9 Rigaud, Stephen Jordan (1816-59) , 50, 56 Thoresby, Ralph (1677-1724) , 36, 47, 48 Rigaud, Stephen Peter (1774-1839) , 50, 56 Thorp-on-the-Hill , 7Ð13, 61, 64 Rothwell , 7, 9, 11, 64, 66, 67, 143 Thrale, Hester , 31 Rudolphine Tables , 94, 95, 98, 159, 212Ð214 Towneley, Charles (1600-44) , 137 Towneley, Charles (1631-1712) , 47, 48, 65 Towneley, Charles (1658-1712) , 33 S Towneley, Christopher (1604-74) , 4, 24Ð27, St George, Sir Richard , 10 33, 34, 48, 55, 68, 103, 107, 108, Sandal Castle, seige of , 142, 143 112Ð113, 138, 145, 155, 159, 164, Scaliger, Joseph (1540-1609) , 116, 207, 209 172, 198 Scheiner, Christoph (c.1573-1650) , 75Ð77, Towneley, John (1631-?) , 62 85Ð89, 133, 166, 170, 199Ð200 Towneley, John (c.1528-1607) , 48, 65 Scott, George (1719-80) , 41, 42 Towneley, Mary (née Trappes) (1599-1690) , 137 Seasons, cause and length , 90Ð93 Towneley, Richard (1629-1707) , 17Ð18, 20, Sextant , 4, 37Ð40, 110, 161, 184, 211, 213 23, 25, 28, 33, 36, 47, 48, 103, 107, Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) , 63 119, 129, 133, 145, 147 Sherburne, Edward (1616-1702) , 23Ð25, 137, 138 Shirburn Castle , 49, 50 U Short, James (1710-68) , 44 University College (Oxford) , 67 Simulacra , 69 Sirturus, Hieronymus (Sirtori, Girolamo) (-1631) , 114, 175Ð176 V Slingsby, Henry (1602-58) , 137 Venus, phases of , 69, 83 Sloane, Hans (1660-1753) , 117, 118 Venus, transit of , 4, 5, 34, 160 Snel, Willebrord (1580-1626) , 77, 78, 175 Visitations , 10, 11 Solar parallax , 29 Vlacq (Vlacc), Adriaan (1600-67) , 208 Solstices , 90, 93, 94 Species , 69Ð72 St Omers College (Liége) , 65 W Stellar parallax , 92 Waller, Richard (c.1646-1715?) , 36 Stukeley, William (1687-1765) , 117 Wallis, John (1616-1703) , 28 Sun, apparent diameter of , 15, 30, 54, 75, Welser, Marc (1558-1614) , 85Ð87 79Ð81, 91 Wendelin, Gottfried (1580-1667) , 204, 208 Sun, projection of , 54, 74Ð77, 79Ð81, Werner, Johann (1468-1522) , 122 87Ð89, 110 Wheater, William , 57, 111 Sun, rotation of , 33, 84, 86, 88 Wingate, Edmund (1596-1656) , 208 Sun, theory of , 98, 119, 120 Witelo (c.1230-c.1280) , 72, 167, 177 Sunspots , 31, 33, 75, 83Ð90 Wren, Christopher (1632-1723) , 16, 17, 147