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RefNoEL/H2/23
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TitleLetter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
CreatorHevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer
Date31 October 1670
DescriptionObservations of the lunar eclipse (tables attached); concerning the transit of the moon across Venus (table has been numbered with EL/H2/24); observation of a new star under the head of the star constellation Cygnus; observations of amber; concerning payment for lenses; introduces a Swede, Samuel Skutt, to the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1670
LBO/4/102 for figure showing lunar eclipse
Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 5, no 66, p 2023
LanguageLatin
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originGda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Origin coordinates54.35205, 18.64637
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1670.0036
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 209
RelatedRecordLBO/4/102
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6c0b554a-c226-470e-b37f-1cccafa23acf
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc 1619 - 1677
NA8253Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer1611 - 1687
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