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Account of the solar eclipse observed at Danzig (Gdansk) on 23 June 1675 by Johannes Hevelius

Reference number: EL/H2/42

Date: 1675

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Note by Oldenburg reads: 'This in an other letter so far the learn'd Hevelius who was also pleased to communicated his observation of the figure of Saturn as it appeared to him in August 1675 to be seen in Tab. 1 Fig. 3'
Figure of Saturn is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 6 April 1676

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EL/H2/42
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1675
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Johannes Hevelius

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Johannes Hevelius, Account of the solar eclipse observed at Danzig (Gdansk) on 23 June 1675 by Johannes Hevelius, 1675, EL/H2/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_42/account-of-the-solar-eclipse-observed-at-danzig-gdansk-on-23-june-1675-by-johannes-hevelius, accessed on 09 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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