| RefNo | EL/O1/66 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London |
| Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
| Date | 11 May 1668 |
| Description | Transcribes Robert Hooke's piece about telescopic sights (figure in text with method of adjusting the quadrant); that French philosophers are working on optics, laws of motion, discovering the exact measure of time, and anatomy; that the Italian philosophers have published their experiments through the Florentine academicians; concerning a new building for the Society |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | London, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
| 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 4, p 393 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/728b2be1-aaea-4341-9493-1d9a6d96338b |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8253 | Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer | 1611 - 1687 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |