Fiery meteor
Date
Gdansk
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 168mm
width (page): 224mm
width (page): 224mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A short letter from Johannes Hevelius to Henry Oldenburg with a drawing on the back describing the observations of a fiery meteor as observed at Gdansk on 13 April 1671. The observations were not done by Hevelius, but by 'a friend, who saw it himself'.
Transcription
Kurtze Beschreibung eines Meteori igniti welches sich alhie zu dantzig hatt sehen lassen
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
11 May 1671, 'Mr. Oldenburg read a letter to him from Mr. Hevelius, dated at Dantzick, May 1, 1671, N.S., giving an account of [...] A description of an odd fiery meteor lately seen at Dantzick' (Birch 2:481).
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place