Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/63
Date: 28 June 1674
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Cassini gives his views about Robert Hooke's theory for the annual motion of the earth and then gives his own observations about this
Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 9, no 105, pp 90-91
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- EL/C1/63
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- 28 June 1674
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 28 June 1674, EL/C1/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_63/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 16 November 2025
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Authors: Christian Huygens; Jean Dominique Cassini
Date: 20th July 1674
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1674.0023
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