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Letter, from Stanislas Lubienietzki to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg

Reference number: EL/L5/8

Date: 26 January 1667

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Observations of a meteor witnessed in January and reference to the dispute between Hevelius and Auzout
Transcription and translation see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, p 323

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EL/L5/8
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26 January 1667
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Stanisław Lubieniecki

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Stanisław Lubieniecki, Letter, from Stanislas Lubienietzki to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hamburg, 26 January 1667, EL/L5/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_8/letter-from-stanislas-lubienietzki-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-hamburg, accessed on 21 July 2026

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