Translation of a letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Wittemberg
Reference number: EL/W4/8
Date: 01 January 1736
Description
Original letter in Latin dated 25 October 1736
Discussing differences between his observations of the parhelia (mock suns) on 31 December 1735 and those of Mr Neve's made at Peterborough on 30 December 1735
Read to the Royal Society on 17 February 1736
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- EL/W4/8
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1736
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Johann Friedrich Weidler
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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Johann Friedrich Weidler, Translation of a letter, from Johann Weidler to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Wittemberg, 01 January 1736, EL/W4/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w4_8/translation-of-a-letter-from-johann-weidler-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-wittemberg, accessed on 07 August 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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Cromwell Mortimer
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Johann Friedrich Weidler
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