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TitleLetter, from Martin Fogel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg
CreatorFogel; Martin (1635-1675); professor of logic and metaphysics at the Akademisches Gymnasium, Hamburg; physician; linguist
Date11 August 1671
DescriptionStates that Picard has been sent to Denmark by the French king to observe the lunar eclipse, which is expected to occur in September from the island of Hven (Uraniburg), and the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, predicted by Cassini; lists these predictions; relaying Picard's observations of the solar spot
Predictions for Jupiter printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 74, p 2238 in advertisement section.
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originHamburg, Hamburg, Germany, (Holy Roman Empire)
Origin coordinates53.57532, 10.01534
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1671.0039
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 198
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0272d9b0-f153-4502-bd7f-f3a8891bddd8
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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