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RefNoEL/H2/38
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
CreatorHevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer
Date1675
DescriptionSends the observations of the lunar eclipse in January 1675 with a copper-engraved figure (see EL/H2/39); wishes for the observations of this eclipse made by the Parisian astronomers to be sent to him
Read to the Royal Society on 8 April 1675
LanguageLatin
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originGda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Origin coordinates54.35205, 18.64637
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialEL/H2/39 for account
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 212
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/fef50c1a-84a1-46e3-a1bd-38b858e67f85
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8253Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer1611 - 1687
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