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Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Francis Aston, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)

Reference number: EL/H2/63

Date: 29 December 1685

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Sends his observations of the lunar eclipse in 1685
Read to the Royal Society on 20 January 1686

Reference number
EL/H2/63
Earliest possible date
29 December 1685
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Johannes Hevelius

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Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Francis Aston, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 29 December 1685, EL/H2/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_63/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-francis-aston-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 10 February 2025

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