12. Cassini, Flamsteed, and the New Measure

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. Shared Expectations 1
5. 2. The Beginnings: Aristarchus and Hipparchus 4
6. 3. Ptolemy 15
7. 4. The Ptolemaic System Enshrined 28
8. 5. Copernicus and Tycho 41
9. 6. Young Kepler 54
10. 7. Galileo and the Telescope 65
11. 8. Kepler's Synthesis 77
12. 9. Gassendi, Hortensius, and the Transit of Mercury of 1631 95
13. 10. From Horrocks to Riccioli 105
14. 11. The Micrometer from Huygens to Flamsteed 118
15. 12. Cassini, Flamsteed, and the New Measure 129
16. 13. The New Consensus and Halley's Legacy 144
17. 14. Conclusion: Measurement, Theory, and Speculation 160
18. Notes 165
19. Bibliography 187
20. Index 199