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

Reference number: EL/O2/89

Date: 05 July 1672

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That Oldenburg has received reports of a recent comet from Reicheltius of Strasbourg; concerning Cassini's observations and Huygens' predictions about the rings of Saturn; concerning Montanari's observations of the lunar eclipse; thanks for his work 'Epistola de cometa'

Reference number: EL/O2/89
Earliest possible date: 05 July 1672
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hevelius, dated at London, 05 July 1672, EL/O2/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_89/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-london, accessed on 06 December 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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