Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
Reference number: EL/H2/2
Date: 10 September 1664
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Thanks for being elected to the Fellowship; observations of the solar eclipse (tables attached); observations of the orbit of Mercury; concerning the manufacture of polemoscopes with four lenses according to his principles
Read to the Royal Society on 21 September 1664
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- EL/H2/2
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- 10 September 1664
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- 4 pages
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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), 10 September 1664, EL/H2/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_2/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 14 July 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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Johannes Hevelius
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