Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/C1/70
Date: 25 July 1676
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Cassini makes calculations for the beginning and end of the eclipse of the sun, which occurred on 1 June 1676, because cloud obscured direct observations of it
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- EL/C1/70
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- 25 July 1676
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, 25 July 1676, EL/C1/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_70/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 10 November 2025
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Mr,Flamsteads, Mr.Townlyes, Mr.Haltons, Signor Cassini's and Monsieur Hevelius's, observations of the late eclipse of the sun External link, opens in new tab.
Authors: John Flamsteed; Jean Dominique Cassini
Date: 18th July 1676
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1676.0025
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