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RefNoEL/H2/29
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
CreatorHevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer
Date9 March 1672
DescriptionObservations of the comet on 2 March (with pencil figure) and about the new star under the head of the constellation Cygnus, which was seen again
Read to the Royal Society on 21 March 1672
LanguageLatin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originGda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Origin coordinates54.35205, 18.64637
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 568
Translation in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 7, no 81, p 4017
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/66553dc3-dfab-486f-b6cb-70890eaa333c
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8253Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer1611 - 1687
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