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Reference numberEL/H2/21
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
CreatorHevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer
Date5 July 1670
DescriptionConcerns the microscope and the lenses for the 50-foot telescope; observations of the declination of the magnet; concerning a piece of amber from the Baltic
Read to the Royal Society on 21 July 1670
LanguageLatin
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originGda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Origin coordinates54.35205, 18.64637
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Related materialTranscribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 7, p 44
Partially translated in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 5, no 64, p 2059
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/a8b99acd-159e-480f-ba54-218347ea716e
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CodeNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8253Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer1611 - 1687
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