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Paper, 'Eclipsis lunaris observatio, facta Roterodami [Netherlands] die 29 Octobris anni 1697' [bservations of the lunar eclipse witnessed in Rotterdam on 29 October 1697] by J [Jean Dominique] Cassini

Reference number: CLP/8i/55

Date: 29 October 1697

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Details of the lunar eclipse observed by Cassini on 29 October 1697 at Rotterdam. Figures contained are labelled figures 2-8.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Eclipsis lunaris observatio, facta Roterodami die 29. Octobris Anni 1697. N. S. A Jacobo Cassini, R. Ac. Parisiensis Socio'

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CLP/8i/55
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29 October 1697
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17 pages
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Jean Dominique Cassini

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Jean Dominique Cassini, Paper, 'Eclipsis lunaris observatio, facta Roterodami [Netherlands] die 29 Octobris anni 1697' [bservations of the lunar eclipse witnessed in Rotterdam on 29 October 1697] by J [Jean Dominique] Cassini, 29 October 1697, CLP/8i/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_55/paper-eclipsis-lunaris-observatio-facta-roterodami-netherlands-die-29-octobris-anni-1697-bservations-of-the-lunar-eclipse-witnessed-in-rotterdam-on-29-october-1697-by-j-jean-dominique-cassini, accessed on 25 January 2026

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