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RefNo	EL/H2/23
Level	Item
Title	Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
Creator	Hevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer
Date	31 October 1670
Description	Observations of the lunar eclipse (tables attached); concerning the transit of the moon across Venus (table has been numbered with EL/H2/24); observation of a new star under the head of the star constellation Cygnus; observations of amber; concerning payment for lenses; introduces a Swede, Samuel Skutt, to the Royal Society Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1670 LBO/4/102 for figure showing lunar eclipse Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 5, no 66, p 2023
Language	Latin
Extent	4p
Format	Manuscript
Place origin	Gda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Origin coordinates	54.35205, 18.64637
Digital images	View item on Science in the Making
AccessStatus	Open
RelatedMaterial	DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1670.0036
RelatedMaterial	Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 209
RelatedRecord	LBO/4/102
URLDescription	Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
URL	http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6c0b554a-c226-470e-b37f-1cccafa23acf

Fellows associated with this archive

Code	PersonName	Dates
NA8001	Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent	c 1619 - 1677
NA8253	Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer	1611 - 1687

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