Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to John Hecker, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/105

Date: 27 February 1673

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Thanks for sending his printed notices about the observation of the next transit of Mercury across the sun in 1674; concerning discrepancies between the Boulliaud and Caroline tables - that the transit will be observable from Britain in the former and not according to the latter; concerning John Flamsteed's views on Rudolphine calculus and Boulliaud tables

Reference number: EL/O2/105
Earliest possible date: 27 February 1673
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to John Hecker, dated at London, 27 February 1673, EL/O2/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_105/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-john-hecker-dated-at-london, accessed on 20 January 2026

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