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Concerns the discovery of the new star in the constellation Cetus (sea monster); refers to Latin sermons by John Palmer, edited in London in 1658, which mentioned the constellation Cetus
Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1664

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EL/W1/2
Earliest possible date
30 March 1663
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Oxford, 30 March 1663, EL/W1/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_2/letter-from-john-wallis-to-johannes-hevelius-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 21 April 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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