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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)
Table printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 11, no 127, p 666

Reference number
EL/H2/44
Earliest possible date
01 January 1676
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Johannes Hevelius

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Johannes Hevelius, 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 20 May 2026

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