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  <dc:title>Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Repeating previous letters because Hevelius did not receive them eg the translation of 'Ulug-beg' into Latin, election to the Fellowship; concerning developments in telescopes (draft is EL/O1/11a); observations of Jupiter and Saturn; observations of the solar eclipse; that no observations of the transit of Mercury were made in England but hopes that the English in America had seen it; mentioning queries by Thomas Street about Mercury's orbit; sends observations of the lunar eclipse by Thomas Street in August 1663</dc:description>
  <dc:date>November 1664</dc:date>
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