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Covering note where Cassini sends a copy of his little book about the discovery of new satellites around Saturn
Read to the Royal Society on 26 March 1673

Reference number
EL/C1/57
Earliest possible date
25 March 1673
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Jean Dominique Cassini

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Jean Dominique Cassini

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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 25 March 1673, EL/C1/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_57/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 February 2026

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  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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