Record

RefNoEL/W3/154
LevelItem
TitleExtract of letters from Johann Friedrich Weidler to Dr [Johann Georg] Steigertahl
CreatorWeidler; Johann Friedrich (1691-1755); German astronomer; mathematician; physicist; jurist; professor of mathematics, University of Wittenberg
Date1732
DescriptionOriginal letters were dated 22 July and 15 November 1731 and 27 July 1732
Account of a swarm of locusts in Brandenburg, Germany, which spread to Poland
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originWittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Origin coordinates51.8661, 12.64973
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialSee EL/W4 for further letter from Weidler
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/57cb43d2-f259-4568-b2fb-78b76f77bcb0
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7403Steigertahl; Johann Georg (c 1667 - c 1740)c 1667 - c 1740
NA6780Weidler; Johann Friedrich (? 1691 - 1755); mathematician and astronomer? 1691 - 1755
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