Reference number | EL/H2/4 |
Level | Item |
Title | Transcribed extract of a letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Hevelius; Johannes (1611-1687); astronomer |
Date | 1665 |
Description | By Henry Oldenburg Discussing his method of observing the transit of Mercury |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Original is EL/H2/5 Transcription is EL/H2/3 Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 392 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/de41bd5f-7678-4148-83dc-01ddf15386b0 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8253 | Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer | 1611 - 1687 |