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Letter, from Eric Mauritius to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/M1/68

Date: 19 March 1672

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Expressing respect for the Royal Society and giving some observations of the comet witnessed in Germany in March 1672
Printed page with figure of the comet (text in German) is attached

Reference number
EL/M1/68
Earliest possible date
19 March 1672
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript and Printed
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Erich Mauritius

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Erich Mauritius, Letter, from Eric Mauritius to Henry Oldenburg, 19 March 1672, EL/M1/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_68/letter-from-eric-mauritius-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 20 March 2025

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