Reference number | EL/O1/23 |
Level | Item |
Title | List of enquiries for Johannes Hevelius by Henry Oldenburg |
Date | 1666 |
Description | Enclosed with EL/O1/22 About Burattini's work on dioptrics; Venetian glass; about amber; whether the Gulf of Finland is frozen; affects of cold on the body, on steel, on fish in frozen water, birds in the wild, on brine |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
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 3, p 73 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
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 |