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

Reference number: EL/O2/122

Date: 07 August 1673

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Enquiry about the delivery of books; concerning the release of ships which the Scots had taken; that Flamsteed had written to Cassini about the new observations of Jupiter's satellites by a new method; concerns the printing of figures for his works 'Selenographia' and 'Cometographia'

Reference number: EL/O2/122
Earliest possible date: 07 August 1673
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London, 07 August 1673, EL/O2/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_122/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-london, accessed on 24 January 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 O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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Johannes Hevelius
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