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

Reference number: EL/F1/34

Date: 01 November 1671

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Attaches the observations, and figures, of the solar sunspot by Henry Sivers witnessed at Hamburg in August 1671; discusses Hevelius's account of the transit of the moon by Jupiter (see EL/H2/27); list of general enquiries; corrections to be made to his published letter in 'Philosophical Transactions'
Second figure of Sivers's observations was printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 6, no 78, p 3033
Read to the Royal Society on 9 November 1671

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EL/F1/34
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01 November 1671
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5 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, 01 November 1671, EL/F1/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_34/letter-from-martin-fogel-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-hamburg, accessed on 13 February 2026

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