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Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)

Reference number: EL/H2/11

Date: 03 July 1666

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Concerning his controversy with Auzout about observations of the comet; concerning Cassini's discovery of a permanent spot on Jupiter made with Campini's telescope; concerning Burattini's telescope; concerning the Royal Society's 'Natural History' idea
Read to the Royal Society on 11 July 1666

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EL/H2/11
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03 July 1666
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Johannes Hevelius

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Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 03 July 1666, EL/H2/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_11/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 15 January 2025

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