Transit of Mercury
Date
1 December 1631
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 222mm
width (page): 167mm
width (page): 167mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure of the transit of Mercury on 7 November 1631, in a letter of Johann Remoquietanus to the Archduke Leopold of Austria (physician and mathematician to the Archduke), dated 1 December 1631. This copy of the letter is in the hand of Hevelius.
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer