Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/C1/65
Date: 25 November 1676
Description
Cassini states that he is sending an account of the future path of the sunspot (a published article in French, from an unidentified journal, entitled 'Description du Mouvement que doit faire dans le Soleil und Tache sur la fin de Novembre 1676' is attached)
Cassini also says that Flamsteed's prediction for the conjunction of the moon with a fixed star was accurate and that he wishes to receive Flamsteed's ephemeris for the coming year
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- EL/C1/65
- Earliest possible date
- 25 November 1676
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- 7 pages
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- Manuscript and Printed
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, 25 November 1676, EL/C1/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_65/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 17 June 2025
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Henry Oldenburg
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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