Letter, from St George Ashe to Edmond Halley, dated at Vienna
Reference number: EL/A/40
Date: 27 July 1690
Description
Concerning observations made by Eimmart and Wurzelbaur of an eclipse witnessed in Hungary; observations made on the Danube and of baths and mines seen in Hungary; discussion about the lack of mathematicians in Vienna
Subject: Astronomy/ Mining
Read at the Royal Society on 6 August 1690
- Reference number
- EL/A/40
- Earliest possible date
- 27 July 1690
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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St George Ashe, Letter, from St George Ashe to Edmond Halley, dated at Vienna, 27 July 1690, EL/A/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_40/letter-from-st-george-ashe-to-edmond-halley-dated-at-vienna, accessed on 17 August 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
Early Letters: A, letters in natural philosophy from correspondents with surname starting 'A'
1664-1736 Reference number: EL/A
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St George Ashe
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Edmond Halley
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