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Account, observations of Saturn in October and November 1671 by Jean Dominique Cassini

Reference number: EL/C1/56

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Observations of Saturn were made in October and November 1671 using a seventeen foot telescope
Figure now no longer exists but printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 92, p 5178

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EL/C1/56
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean Dominique Cassini

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Jean Dominique Cassini, Account, observations of Saturn in October and November 1671 by Jean Dominique Cassini, EL/C1/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_56/account-observations-of-saturn-in-october-and-november-1671-by-jean-dominique-cassini, accessed on 14 January 2026

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