Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C1/73
Date: 12 February 1676
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Cassini sends the position of the eclipse of the first satellite of Jupiter at the meridian of Paris in 1677 so that this eclipse can be observed at St Helena island in the south Atlantic in order to determine the difference between the two meridians
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- EL/C1/73
- Earliest possible date
- 12 February 1676
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 12 February 1676, EL/C1/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_73/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 15 January 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Henry Oldenburg
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Jean Dominique Cassini
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