Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15853

    Diagram for adjusting a quadrant

    Date
    11 May 1668
    Creator
    Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p3
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 188mm
    width (page): 153mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    In this letter dated 11 May 1668 to Johannes Hevelius, Henry Oldenburg communicates Robert Hooke's comments about telescopic sights. The diagram illustrates a method of adjusting a quadrant.

    There are copies of this figure at LBO/2/207 and LBC/2/246.
    Related fellows
    Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
    Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
    Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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