Entries for the tag ‘Gascoigne, William (1612-1644)’
Middleton-born astronomer, mathematician and maker of scientific instruments, inventor of the micrometer and the telescopic sight, one of a group of astronomers in the north of England who followed Johannes Kepler. 
- 2 July 1644: Henry Slingsby of the Royalist York garrison recounts Prince Rupert’s defeat at Marston Moor today, which ends Charles I’s hopes in the north
- 7 December 1703: Abraham Sharp writes to John Flamsteed of the difficulties of observing Jupiter from Little Horton, Bradford
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