Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/62
Date: 08 November 1673
Description
Discusses the diameters of the satellites of Jupiter and describes the telescope used to observe Jupiter and Saturn
Encloses a copy of his reply to John Flamsteed (see EL/C1/61)
Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1673
- Reference number
- EL/C1/62
- Earliest possible date
- 08 November 1673
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 08 November 1673, EL/C1/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_62/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 10 December 2024
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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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Henry Oldenburg
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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