Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/53
Date: 23 April 1672
Description
Cassini sends his observations of Jupiter and of the comet which were published in the 'Journal des Scavans'
He also compares the observations of the lunar eclipse at Aleppo with observations of the same eclipse made in Italy
Read to the Royal Society on 24 April 1672
- Reference number
- EL/C1/53
- Earliest possible date
- 23 April 1672
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- 3 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, 23 April 1672, EL/C1/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_53/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 17 April 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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