Comet with a lenticular head
Date
28 October 1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol2 p343
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 175mm
width (page): 175mm
Subject
Content object
Description
From Henry Oldenburg's letter dated 28 October 1668 to Johannes Hevelius, regarding his Cometographia, presented to the Royal Society on 22 October 1668.
There are two copies of this image in the Letter Book Original, LBO/2/300 and LBO/30/365. This drawing is copied from one of them. They were copied from EL/H3/68/001.
There are two copies of this image in the Letter Book Original, LBO/2/300 and LBO/30/365. This drawing is copied from one of them. They were copied from EL/H3/68/001.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 22 October 1668, ‘There was presented from Mr. Hevelius his Cometographia, wherein he taking particular notice of the society in his address to the reader, and submitting the whole book to their judgement and censure, it was desired by the president, that those persons, to whom the author had particularly presented copies of his book, as he had done one to the whole body, would peruse it, and bring in their thoughts upon it. Those persons were named to be the bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Wallis, Mr. Hooke, and Mr. Oldenburg: and it was ordered, that the thanks of the society should be returned to Mr. Hevelius’ (Birch 2:313). Oldenburg's letter was dated 28 October.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
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