Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/32
Date: 08 September 1670
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Concerns the discovery of the new star in the constellation Cygnus and discussing Parisian astronomers' views about this; that a Londoner has a theory about the variation of the compass; concerning Wallis's tract of the laws of motion
- Reference number
- EL/O2/32
- Earliest possible date
- 08 September 1670
- Page extent
- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London, 08 September 1670, EL/O2/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_32/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-london, accessed on 23 June 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Johannes Hevelius
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Henry Oldenburg
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