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Account of observations of the new comet from the Royal Observatory in Paris by Jean Dominique Cassini

Reference number: EL/C1/84

Date: February 1699

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Read to the Royal Society on 1 March 1698
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 21, no 250, p 79

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EL/C1/84
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February 1699
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean Dominique Cassini

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Jean Dominique Cassini, Account of observations of the new comet from the Royal Observatory in Paris by Jean Dominique Cassini, February 1699, EL/C1/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_84/account-of-observations-of-the-new-comet-from-the-royal-observatory-in-paris-by-jean-dominique-cassini, accessed on 13 September 2026

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