John Fisher was a founding student of the Open University, graduating with a first class honours degrees and qualified as a chartered librarian. He graduated with an MA in Librarianship at City University and an MSc with Distinction from Imperial College in the History and Philosophy of Science. He has a PhD from Imperial College, with his thesis on the work of James Bradley. He has also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Imperial College and as an Associate Lecturer of the Open University.

This work on 18th century astronomy is intended for students of the history of science, astronomy and 18th century English society, and for scholars seeking new lines of inquiry. It contains an extensive bibliography and a detailed chronology, both of which oer support for further reading and research.

• Preface Table of contents Introduction: Contexts and connections 1: The King's observator 2: May it please your Honours 3: An ingenious young man 4: A new discovered motion 5: And yet it moves 6: The laws of nature 7: On the figure of the Earth 8: The triumph of Themistocles 9: If such a man could have enemies... 10: Observations beyond compare 11: Fundamenta Astronomiae Conclusion: The man who moved the world

John Fisher was a founding student of the Open University, graduating with a first class honours degrees and qualified as a chartered librarian. He graduated with an MA in Librarianship at City University and an MSc with Distinction from Imperial College in the History and Philosophy of Science. He has a PhD from Imperial College, with his thesis on the work of James Bradley. He has also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Imperial College and as an Associate Lecturer of the Open University.

This work on 18th century astronomy is intended for students of the history of science, astronomy and 18th century English society, and for scholars seeking new lines of inquiry. It contains an extensive bibliography and a detailed chronology, both of which oer support for further reading and research.

• Preface Table of contents Introduction: Contexts and connections 1: The King's observator 2: May it please your Honours 3: An ingenious young man 4: A new discovered motion 5: And yet it moves 6: The laws of nature 7: On the figure of the Earth 8: The triumph of Themistocles 9: If such a man could have enemies... 10: Observations beyond compare 11: Fundamenta Astronomiae Conclusion: The man who moved the world

John Fisher was a founding student of the Open University, graduating with a first class honours degrees and qualified as a chartered librarian. He graduated with an MA in Librarianship at City University and an MSc with Distinction from Imperial College in the History and Philosophy of Science. He has a PhD from Imperial College, with his thesis on the work of James Bradley. He has also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Imperial College and as an Associate Lecturer of the Open University.

This work on 18th century astronomy is intended for students of the history of science, astronomy and 18th century English society, and for scholars seeking new lines of inquiry. It contains an extensive bibliography and a detailed chronology, both of which oer support for further reading and research.

• Preface Table of contents Introduction: Contexts and connections 1: The King's observator 2: May it please your Honours 3: An ingenious young man 4: A new discovered motion 5: And yet it moves 6: The laws of nature 7: On the figure of the Earth 8: The triumph of Themistocles 9: If such a man could have enemies... 10: Observations beyond compare 11: Fundamenta Astronomiae Conclusion: The man who moved the world