Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/71
Date: 26 August 1676
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Concerning observations of a spot seen recently on the sun and observations of the rings of Saturn (original figures in CLP/8i/32)
Printed with figures in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 11, no 128, p 689
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- EL/C1/71
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- 26 August 1676
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- 2 pages
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 26 August 1676, EL/C1/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_71/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 13 May 2025
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