Letter, from Johannes Hecker to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
Reference number: EL/H3/21
Date: 18 November 1672
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Concerning the magnetic declination at Danzig; details of the work of his cousin, Johannes Hevelius; about the delivery of his 'Mercurius in sole'
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- EL/H3/21
- Earliest possible date
- 18 November 1672
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Johannes Hecker, Letter, from Johannes Hecker to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Danzig (Gdansk), 18 November 1672, EL/H3/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_21/letter-from-johannes-hecker-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-danzig-gdansk, accessed on 07 November 2025
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