Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/51
Date: 02 February 1671
Description
Cassini asks Oldenburg if he could employ Paul Boccone, a Sicilian botanist, who comes recommended by Gornia, physician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cassini's method (in English) for observing the altitude of the sun at St Petronius in Bologna is attached
- Reference number
- EL/C1/51
- Earliest possible date
- 02 February 1671
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 02 February 1671, EL/C1/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_51/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 07 February 2026
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Henry Oldenburg
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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