Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
Reference number: EL/H2/7
Date: 12 September 1665
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States that he will publish his observations of the recent comets but wants observations of its motion and appearance as seen in England; wants to see the 'History' of the Royal Society and recent work by Hooke and Boyle
- Reference number
- EL/H2/7
- Earliest possible date
- 12 September 1665
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Johannes Hevelius, Letter, from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 12 September 1665, EL/H2/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h2_7/letter-from-johannes-hevelius-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 24 March 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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Johannes Hevelius
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