Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hecker, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O2/96
Date: 10 October 1672
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That Hecker's paper about observing the transit of Mercury across the sun has not been delivered; concerning Cassini's observations of Jupiter and that he was trying to reconcile them with Galileo; concerning Horrox's work defending Keplerian astronomy
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- EL/O2/96
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- 10 October 1672
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- 2 pages
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Johannes Hecker, dated at London, 10 October 1672, EL/O2/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_96/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-johannes-hecker-dated-at-london, accessed on 08 November 2025
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