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RefNoCLP/19/26
LevelItem
TitleCopies of three letters sent by Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg
Date3 February 1667-6 July 1667
DescriptionIncludes copies of:

1. A letter from Petrus Mollerus of Konigsberg to an unknown recipient. Expresses his high esteem of the Institution of the Royal Society, and giving an account upon various enquiries sent to him. In French, dated 6 July 1667.

2. A letter from a Consul of Dantzick Michael Behm to Hevelius. Contains accounts of new materials for Telescopical glasses, the way of making Potashes, amber, salt-mines in Poland and Sal Gemmae [rock salt], a query about cold, some anatomical considerations and a description of an odd birth of female twins. In Latin, dated 15 May 1667.

3. A letter from Monsieur Andrea Hedione to Federico Lennero MD regarding monstrous twins, dated 3 February 1667.

Subject: Chemistry / Alchemy

Read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1667
LanguageLatin
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTwo of these letters are transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 3. First letter is on p553 (item 693b), second letter is on p562 (item 693c). The third letter was not transcribed, but it is noted in a footnote on p550.
RelatedRecordLBO/2/25b
LBO/2/25c
LBO/2/25d
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8253Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer1611 - 1687
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