| Reference number | EL/H2/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Johannes Hevelius, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Hevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer |
| Date | 1671 |
| Description | States that M Picard has gone to Uraniburg to determine differences between the meridians at Paris and Uraniburg; that bad weather prevents astronomical observations but that he was able to witness the first satellite in Jupiter's shadow and sends his account (see EL/H2/28)
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Gda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Origin coordinates | 54.35205, 18.64637 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 271 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/52c19e6c-afcc-40fa-abba-71ab445c9ca1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8253 | Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer | 1611 - 1687 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |