Letter, from John Wallis to Johannes Hevelius, dated at Oxford
Reference number: EL/W1/2
Date: 30 March 1663
Description
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, 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 16 February 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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