Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius

Reference number: EL/O1/22

Date: 30 March 1666

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Concerning the dispute between Hevelius and Auzout about the movement of the comet; concerning Cassini's observations of Jupiter; concerning de Son's work on hyperbolic lenses; concerning Burattini, Master of the Mint to the King of Poland, and his work on a 120-foot long telescope; that 'History' of the Society is now in press and Boyle's 'Hydrostatical paradoxes' has been published in English; sends a list of enquiries (see EL/O1/23)

Reference number: EL/O1/22
Earliest possible date: 30 March 1666
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, 30 March 1666, EL/O1/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_22/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius, accessed on 10 December 2024

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters O1 (Oldenburg)
1663-1669 Reference number: EL/O1

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Johannes Hevelius
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Henry Oldenburg
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