Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/60
Date: 22 September 1673
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Cassini describes the telescopes that he has used to view Saturn
Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1673
- Reference number
- EL/C1/60
- Earliest possible date
- 22 September 1673
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 22 September 1673, EL/C1/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_60/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 15 January 2026
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Henry Oldenburg
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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