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RefNoEL/H2/48
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
CreatorHevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer
Date2 January 1677
DescriptionConcerning the appearance of the star in the neck of the whale ('mira Ceti') and attaches his ephemerides for the star in the whale's neck and for the one at the head of Cygnus between 28 November 1665 to 1 January 1677
Read to the Royal Society on 25 January 1677
LanguageLatin
Extent7p
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 13, p 162
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 12, no 134, p 853
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/4f127527-d4cb-41c3-bd45-22944499628d
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8253Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer1611 - 1687
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