Extract of a letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to P [Jean de] Fontenay
Reference number: EL/C1/83
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Observations of the eclipses of Mercury and the sun
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 20, no 245, p 371
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Jean Dominique Cassini, Jean Dominique Cassini, Extract of a letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to P [Jean de] Fontenay, EL/C1/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_83/extract-of-a-letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-p-jean-de-fontenay, accessed on 14 March 2026
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VI. Excerpta ex literis D. Cassini ad P. Fontenay mathematicum regium apud sinos External link, opens in new tab.
Author: D Cassini
Date: 1st October 1698
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1698.0077
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