Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Edmond Halley, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)

Reference number: EL/H2/52

Date: 01 January 1681

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Concerning books and instruments; observations of the comet of 1680; about his observatory being burnt

Reference number: EL/H2/52
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1681
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Johannes Hevelius

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Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Edmond Halley, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 01 January 1681, EL/H2/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_52/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-edmond-halley-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 15 October 2024

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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
Early Letters H2 (Hevelius)
1664-1687 Reference number: EL/H2

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Edmond Halley
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Johannes Hevelius
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