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

Reference number: EL/H2/27

Date: 01 January 1671

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States that M Picard has gone to Uraniburg to determine differences between the meridians at Paris and Uraniburg; that bad weather prevents astronomical observations but that he was able to witness the first satellite in Jupiter's shadow and sends his account (see EL/H2/28)
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671

Reference number
EL/H2/27
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01 January 1671
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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), 01 January 1671, EL/H2/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_27/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 12 May 2026

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