RefNo | EL/H2/37 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Hevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer |
Date | 18 August 1674 |
Description | Wishes Christopher Cock to make another microscope for him and discusses the previous one made in 1671; wants to complete the catalogue of fixed stars and asks the Royal Society to commission a person to observe stars around the Antarctic; observations of the lunar eclipse, which was mostly obscured by cloud |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 60 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/bfb26adc-cea8-4553-88cb-5fa7e42c8945 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8253 | Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer | 1611 - 1687 |