The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and its networks of support and influence, 1675-1742

这个项目旨在开发一种新的方法来研究格林威治皇家天文台的机构历史。它建议以天文台为中心，探索天文学、实用数学、航海、教育、印刷和仪器制造等支持其工作和提高声誉的地方、国家和国际网络。这项研究将集中在前两位皇家天文学家约翰·弗拉斯泰德和埃德蒙·哈雷的时期，旨在更好地了解这一关键机构在其成立几年中的作用、环境和发展。这项研究将利用知识、物质文化和书籍历史的地理学工作，以便更全面地了解数学和工具知识是在什么情况下发展和使用的。该项目将利用一系列的档案资源和实物、书籍和图像收藏，特别是NMM的那些。学生将有机会在公共编程和展示中加强博物馆的编目和解释，并为皇家天文台350周年纪念(2025-26年)的计划提供支持，皇家天文台是NMM的一部分(与女王宫和卡蒂萨克一起，被称为皇家博物馆格林威治)。他们还将能够与科学博物馆合作，为Higgitt博士的研究项目--大都会科学：1600-1800年伦敦的知识和实践的场所、物体和文化做出贡献。

This project aims to develop a new approach to the institutional history of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Using the Observatory as a central hub, it proposes to explore the local, national and international networks of astronomy, practical mathematics, navigation, education, print and instrument making that supported its work and developing reputation. It will focus on the period of the first two Astronomers Royal, John Flamsteed and Edmond Halley, aiming to better understand the role, milieu and development of this key institution in its foundational years.This research will draw on work on geographies of knowledge, material culture and book history in order to gain a fuller picture of contexts in which mathematical and instrumental knowledge was developed and used. The project will make use of a range of archival sources and object, book and image collections, especially those of the NMM.The student will have the opportunity to enhance the Museum's cataloguing and interpretation within public programming and displays, and to feed into the development of plans for the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory (2025-26), which forms part of the NMM (collectively, with The Queen's House and Cutty Sark, known as Royal Museums Greenwich). They will also be able to contribute to Dr Higgitt's research project, Metropolitan Science: Places, Objects and Cultures of Knowledge and Practice in London, 1600-1800, in partnership with the Science Museum.