Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/H2/28
Date: 01 January 1671
Description
Observations of:
- the eclipse of the moon
- occultation of the first satellite in the shadow of Jupiter
- the transit of Jupiter by the moon (table attached)
- appearance of Saturn with figure
Read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1671
- Reference number
- EL/H2/28
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1671
- Page extent
- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator names
Johannes Hevelius
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Johannes Hevelius, Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1671, EL/H2/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_28/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 13 August 2026
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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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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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