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Letter, from Johann Remo Quietanus to the Archduke Leopold [Wilhelm]

Reference number: EL/H2/6

Date: 01 December 1631

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Sent by Hevelius with EL/H2/12
Observations of the transit of Mercury across the sun (figure attached)

Reference number
EL/H2/6
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01 December 1631
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Johannes Remus Quietanus

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Johannes Remus Quietanus, Letter, from Johann Remo Quietanus to the Archduke Leopold [Wilhelm], 01 December 1631, EL/H2/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_6/letter-from-johann-remo-quietanus-to-the-archduke-leopold-wilhelm, accessed on 25 March 2025

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