Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O1/92

Date: 11 December 1668

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Thanks for parcels of books and that 'Cometographia' had been presented to the Society; that his observations of the recent lunar eclipse had been read to the Society; disappointment that his dissertation on Saturn was not sent; that Cassini had published his ephemerides of Jupiter's satellites; concerning the published work of Robert Boyle

Reference number: EL/O1/92
Earliest possible date: 11 December 1668
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London, 11 December 1668, EL/O1/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_92/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-london, accessed on 17 April 2026

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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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