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

Reference number: EL/H2/17

Date: 20 November 1668

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Observations of the lunar eclipse on 18 November at Danzig, Poland (table attached; figure of lunar eclipse can be found at LBO/2/326).

Read to the Royal Society on 10 December 1668

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EL/H2/17
Earliest possible date
20 November 1668
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Johannes Hevelius

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Johannes Hevelius, Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 20 November 1668, EL/H2/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_17/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 15 April 2026

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