Copy of a letter, from Johannes Hevelius to John Flamsteed
Reference number: EL/H2/44
Date: 01 January 1676

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Original letter was dated 24 June 1676
Observations of the solar eclipse on 11 June 1676 with figure inserted before the letter and a table after it
Concerning his instruments, about altitudes and distances, about errors in his tables, about the places of stars; observations of Mars (6 October 1672), of Saturn (6 November 1675) and the solar eclipse (11 June 1676)
- Reference number
- EL/H2/44
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1676
- Page extent
- 11 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Johannes Hevelius, Copy of a letter, from Johannes Hevelius to John Flamsteed, 01 January 1676, EL/H2/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_44/copy-of-a-letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-john-flamsteed, accessed on 10 February 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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John Flamsteed
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Johannes Hevelius
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