Equatorial sextant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich mb-height 973 Four volumes are shown upright

Four volumes are shown upright

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'Pudding before Meat'

plate II of Industry and Idleness 1747

Equatorial sextant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich mb-height 973 Four volumes are shown uprightExterior scene showing a rear view of the 7 foot equatorial sextant with a telescopic sight designed for the old Royal Observatory by John Flamsteed (1646 1719) the first Astronomer Royal. The instrument is on an observing platform upon which can be seen stepladders and a lantern. Plate 4 (right half detail) from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta (London, 1676) a series of engravings commissioned by Sir Jonas Moore, the leading