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Letter, from Martin Fogel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg

Reference number: EL/F1/33

Date: 11 August 1671

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States that Picard has been sent to Denmark by the French king to observe the lunar eclipse, which is expected to occur in September from the island of Hven (Uraniburg), and the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, predicted by Cassini; lists these predictions; relaying Picard's observations of the solar spot
Predictions for Jupiter printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 74, p 2238 in advertisement section.
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671

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EL/F1/33
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11 August 1671
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Martin Fogel

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Martin Fogel, Letter, from Martin Fogel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg, 11 August 1671, EL/F1/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_33/letter-from-martin-fogel-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-hamburg, accessed on 10 July 2026

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