Copy of a letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to John Flamsteed, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/61
Date: 08 November 1673
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Cassini explains why Jupiter appears round when in quadrature with the sun, discusses the diameter of Mars and the sun's maximum declination
Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1673
- Reference number
- EL/C1/61
- Earliest possible date
- 08 November 1673
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Copy of a letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to John Flamsteed, dated at Paris, 08 November 1673, EL/C1/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_61/copy-of-a-letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-john-flamsteed-dated-at-paris, accessed on 17 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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John Flamsteed
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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