Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius

Reference number: EL/O1/76

Date: 30 July 1668

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Concerning Hooke's letter about Hevelius's telescopic sights; concerns distribution of Hevelius's work 'Cometographia'; informing about Cassini's observations of the motion of Venus and about the rotation of the Medicean stars on their axes; that Auzout is going to Italy and will report about work being carried out there

Reference number: EL/O1/76
Earliest possible date: 30 July 1668
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 July 1668, EL/O1/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_76/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius, accessed on 14 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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Dates: 1613-1740

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