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

Reference number: EL/O2/58

Date: 09 November 1671

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Concerning delivery of microscope and parcel of books; discussing the observations of the shape of Saturn made by Huygens and by Cassini; transcribes an extract from Robert Hooke's letter about observations of the lunar eclipse; apologies for the tardiness in sending the instrument to measure small distances

Reference number: EL/O2/58
Earliest possible date: 09 November 1671
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London, 09 November 1671, EL/O2/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_58/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 October 2024

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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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