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The astronomer and astrologist Thomas Streete (1621–89) was born in Cork, and moved to London sometime after 1660. His lack of formal education did not prevent him from associating with prominent scientists such as Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley. Astronomia Carolina, first published in 1661, was a work of computational astronomy, with extensive tables of planetary positions and motions.

This was the first work in English to discuss Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, and was consulted as a standard textbook by a range of scholars, including Isaac Newton.

This copy was purchased in 1853 to replace a copy stolen from Marsh’s Library by 1767.

Citation:
30. Thomas Streete, Astronomia Carolina: A New Theory of the Coelestial Motions, 2nd edn (London, 1710).,
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