Letter, 'Description of a fiery meteor seen at Danzig' from Johannes Hevelius to to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: CLP/8i/26
Date: 13 March 1671
Description
A short letter from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg with a drawing on the back describing the observations of a fiery meteor as observed at Gdansk on 13 April 1671. The observations were not done by Hevelius, but by 'a friend, who saw it himself'.
Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology
- Reference number
- CLP/8i/26
- Earliest possible date
- 13 March 1671
- Physical description
- Red chalk on paper
Ink on paper - Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Description of a fiery meteor seen at Danzig' from Johannes Hevelius to to Henry Oldenburg, 13 March 1671, CLP/8i/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_26/letter-description-of-a-fiery-meteor-seen-at-danzig-from-johannes-hevelius-to-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 21 April 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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