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RefNoEL/W4/13
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Johann Weidler to Hans Sloane, dated at Wittemberg
CreatorWeidler; Johann Friedrich (1691-1755); German astronomer; mathematician; physicist; jurist; professor of mathematics, University of Wittenberg
Date11 December 1732
DescriptionThanks for being elected to the Fellowship; presents his second treatise on hydraulic machines and will send his observations of the sun which is ready for the press, and his meteorological observations; details about the effects of the November air on those in Saxony
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originWittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Origin coordinates51.8661, 12.64973
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/bbae0916-93d0-4090-ad04-97e9e51aa337
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
NA6780Weidler; Johann Friedrich (? 1691 - 1755); mathematician and astronomer? 1691 - 1755
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