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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Eramus Bartholin, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/131

Date: 01 September 1673

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Thanks for the gift; concerning literary notices; discussing Flamsteed's letter to Cassini about the medicean stars from the centre of Jupiter; that Hevelius's 'Machina coelestis' records a new way of polishing lenses to any conic section; details about Hevelius's 'Prodromus astronomiae'

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EL/O2/131
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01 September 1673
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Eramus Bartholin, dated at London, 01 September 1673, EL/O2/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_131/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-eramus-bartholin-dated-at-london, accessed on 09 November 2024

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