Immanuel Halton was an English astronomer and mathematician and an associate of John Flamsteed, born at Greystoke in Cumberland on 21 April 1628 and dying in 1699. Educated at Blencowe grammar school, he studied at Gray's Inn and entered the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, for whom he handled affairs in Holland and then served for twenty years as auditor of the household. He settled at Wingfield Manor in Derbyshire in 1666 and put up sundials there. Having heard of Flamsteed's astronomical skill, he called on him at Derby in 1666 and sent him Riccioli's New Almagest, Kepler's Rudolphine Tables and other books. Flamsteed called him a good algebraist and reported his observations of the solar eclipse of 23 June 1675 to the Royal Society, and Halton also devised a straight-lined projection for finding the hour by inspection.
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Immanuel Halton (1628–1699) was an English astronomer and mathematician, an associate of John Flamsteed.
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Immanuel Halton (1628-1699) was an English astronomer and mathematician, an associate of John Flamsteed.
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He was born at Greystoke in Cumberland on 21 April 1628, the eldest son of Miles Halton of Greenthwaite Hall; Timothy Halton has been identified as probably a younger brother.
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He was born at Greystoke in Cumberland on 21 April 1628, the eldest son of Miles Halton of Greenthwaite Hall; Timothy Halton has been identified as probably a younger brother.
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Flamsteed calles him a good algebraist.
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