Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/68
Date: 11 February 1676
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Concerning the mean time of the lunar eclipse and its magnitude giving the observations of John Flamsteed and Edmond Halley
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 11, no 123, p 561
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- EL/C1/68
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- 11 February 1676
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 11 February 1676, EL/C1/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_68/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 November 2025
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An extract of a Latin letter of Signor Cassini, containing both his considerations upon Mr. Flamsteed's account of the lunar eclipse of Decem. 21. 1675, and his own observations of the same eclipse External link, opens in new tab.
Authors: Jean Dominique Cassini; John Flamsteed
Date: 25th March 1676
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1676.0004
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