Reference number | EL/O2/129 |
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 | 5 September 1673 |
Description | That he has received the first part of 'Machina coelestis' by Hevelius; Sherburne would like to use figures from Hevelius's work to illustrate his own work identifying which ones; that Cassini had observed again the two satellites around Saturn with a telescope of 21 Parisian feet |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 3p |
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 10, p 181 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/835de0a9-53ba-4f8b-b192-fa93da7993c5 |
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 |