| RefNo | L&P/2/247/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Mentions sending to R.S. [Royal Society] two vols in Chinese, one of logarithms, one of lunar & solar Newtonian tables; also new astronomical tables for 1746-7' from Augustin Hallerstein to Cromwell Mortimer |
| Date | 18 September 1750 |
| Description | Four pages in Latin and seven pages of English translation. Contains astronomical tables.
Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein or [ 刘松龄], was a Jesuit missionary from Carniola [modern-day Slovenia], who served at the Beijing Observatory and demographer, cartographer.
Subject: Astronomy/Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Reverend Father Augustin Hallerstein, of the Society of Jesus, President of the Astronomical College at Pekin in China, to Dr. Mortimer, Sec. R. S. Translated from the Latin by Tho. Stack, M. D. & F. R. S'
Read 19 December 1751 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 39p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1751.0051 |
| RelatedRecord | L&P/2/247 |
| L&P/2/247/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |