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AltRefNoLBO/5/3
LevelFile
TitleCopy letter from Johannaes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg
Date1671
Description ' Concerning a Microscope to be sent from hence ; Monsieur Picards voyage to Uraniburg for Astronomicall purposes ; observations made by himself of the Immersion of some of thr Satelllites of Jupiter, also of Saturne ; of the New starre in the head of Cygnus, and that in the Neck of the whale ; of the Lunar Eclipse of September 5/15 1671 ; of the Transit of 4 & D on September 20/30 1671 ; as also concerning he Machina Coelists begunn to be printed. '
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Printed diagram of Transit of Jupiter and the Moon 30 September 1671
Copy of pen and ink drawing of ssatellites of Saturn as observed on 11 and 12 September 1671
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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