Drawing on the results of his experiments with vacuum, Otto von Guericke put forward his own theory of comets. He explained this theory in his letters to Stanisław Lubieniecki who later published Guericke’s and his own letters in his Theatrum cometicum (1666–1668). Guericke also wrote about comets in his Experimenta nova (1672), simply reprinting the correspondence from Lubieniecki’s book. All subsequent studies of Guericke’s theory were based exclusively on letters written by Guericke. And yet it is Lubieniecki’s letters to Guericke which include comments and requests for more detailed explanations and elaboration of the theory, thereby casting important light on the overall scope of theory. Moreover, Lubieniecki’s correspondence with other scholars, printed in Theatrum cometicum, testifies to his efforts to disseminate Guericke’s theory and describes the reception of the theory. The present article offers a detailed account of Guericke’s theory of comets and draws attention to Lubieniecki’s work as an understudied source of knowledge about contemporary astronomical debates.

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斯坦尼斯瓦夫·卢比涅茨基的信件中奥托·冯·格里克的彗星理论

根据真空实验的结果，奥托·冯·格里克提出了自己的彗星理论。他在写给 Stanisław Lubieniecki 的信中解释了这一理论，后者后来在他的 Theatrum cometicum (1666–1668) 中发表了 Guericke 和他自己的信件。Guericke 在他的 Experimenta nova（1672 年）中也写到了彗星，只是转载了 Lubieniecki 书中的信件。随后对 Guericke 理论的所有研究都完全基于 Guericke 写的信件。然而，是 Lubieniecki 写给 Guericke 的信，其中包括评论和要求对理论进行更详细的解释和阐述，从而为理论的整体范围提供了重要的启示。此外，Lubieniecki 与其他学者的通信，印刷在 Theatrum cometicum，证明了他传播 Guericke 理论的努力并描述了该理论的接受程度。本文详细介绍了 Guericke 的彗星理论，并引起了人们对 Lubieniecki 的工作的关注，该工作是有关当代天文辩论的未充分研究的知识来源。