RefNo | EL/O2/96 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hecker, dated at London |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | 10 October 1672 |
Description | That Hecker's paper about observing the transit of Mercury across the sun has not been delivered; concerning Cassini's observations of Jupiter and that he was trying to reconcile them with Galileo; concerning Horrox's work defending Keplerian astronomy |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | London, England |
Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 284 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/8de94684-016b-4f56-af11-ec8a96f6a922 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |