Aquarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-code 1238570 Cars on the starting grid

Cars on the starting grid

View of Clerks' Well pump in Ray Street

poses at St Martins Theatre in West London during a rehearsal for the musical show

Tuesday 26th October 1965

Mechanics are busy working on the car

Aquarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-code 1238570 Cars on the starting gridThe constellation Aquarius (the water carrier). Map 9 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