Reference number | EL/O2/131 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Eramus Bartholin, dated at London |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | September 1673 |
Description | Thanks for the gift; concerning literary notices; discussing Flamsteed's letter to Cassini about the medicean stars from the centre of Jupiter; that Hevelius's 'Machina coelestis' records a new way of polishing lenses to any conic section; details about Hevelius's 'Prodromus astronomiae' |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | London, England |
Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
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 10, p 236 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/5ecd9784-ece6-4135-a603-328dd5deddf1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |