Letter, from Jacques Cassini to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/C1/85

Date: 20 August 1700

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Concerning observations of the satellites of Jupiter for determining the continuation of the meridian of Paris
Read to the Royal Society on 23 October 1700

Reference number: EL/C1/85
Earliest possible date: 20 August 1700
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Jacques Cassini

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Jacques Cassini, Letter, from Jacques Cassini to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris, 20 August 1700, EL/C1/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_85/letter-from-jacques-cassini-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-paris, accessed on 13 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
Early Letters C1
1663-1701 Reference number: EL/C1

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Hans Sloane
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