Letter, from Martin Fogel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg
Reference number: EL/F1/33
Date: 11 August 1671
Description
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
- Reference number
- EL/F1/33
- Earliest possible date
- 11 August 1671
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
- Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
- View
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
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
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_33/letter-from-martin-fogel-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-hamburg
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_f1_33/letter-from-martin-fogel-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-hamburg" title="Letter, from Martin Fogel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Related Publications
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
Related Fellows
-
Henry Oldenburg
Recipient
Map
Explore the collection
-
Early Letters
The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.
Dates: 1613 - 1740
View collection