Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
Reference number: EL/H2/26
Date: 19 June 1671
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Observations of the occultation of Saturn by the moon on 1 June 1671
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671
- Reference number
- EL/H2/26
- Earliest possible date
- 19 June 1671
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- 2 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), 19 June 1671, EL/H2/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_26/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 13 November 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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Johannes Hevelius
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