Reference number | EL/O1/12 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | 11 May 1664 |
Description | Informing Hevelius that he has been elected to the Fellowship; encouraging his work on cataloguing fixed stars; praises his 'Cometographia' which is in the press; concerning the predictions of mercury and the sun by Thomas Street and that the Society has commissioned observers in America to witness it; detailing Street's predictions of the transit of Mercury and asking Hevelius to check his work 'Mercurius in sole visus' about this |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | London, England |
Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 182 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/2afdd63c-e476-47a8-9839-642c9d3fd577 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8253 | Hevelius; Johannes (1611 - 1687); astronomer | 1611 - 1687 |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |