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

Reference number: EL/O2/129

Date: 05 September 1673

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That he has received the first part of 'Machina coelestis' by Hevelius; Sherburne would like to use figures from Hevelius's work to illustrate his own work identifying which ones; that Cassini had observed again the two satellites around Saturn with a telescope of 21 Parisian feet

Reference number: EL/O2/129
Earliest possible date: 05 September 1673
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London, 05 September 1673, EL/O2/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_129/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-london, accessed on 10 February 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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