Gemini, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:L: 80 x 60cm towards Regent's Park

towards Regent's Park

horses and riders passes by

bearing rolls of cloth

a Roman sandal and three daggers

Napier was the first British constructor to build cars especially for motor racing

Gemini, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:L: 80 x 60cm towards Regent's ParkThe constellation Gemini (the twins), with Canis Minor. Map 3 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729