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
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- EL/C1/85
- Earliest possible date
- 20 August 1700
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jacques Cassini
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Jacques Cassini, 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 17 August 2026
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Hans Sloane
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