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

Reference number: EL/H2/53

Date: 09 January 1682

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Concerning instruments required for his observatory

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EL/H2/53
Earliest possible date
09 January 1682
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Johannes Hevelius

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Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Edmond Halley, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 09 January 1682, EL/H2/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_53/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-edmond-halley-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 05 October 2024

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