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Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Edmond Halley

Reference number: EL/C1/86

Date: 09 July 1701

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Concerning the meridians in France
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1701

Reference number
EL/C1/86
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09 July 1701
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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, Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Edmond Halley, 09 July 1701, EL/C1/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_86/letter-from-jean-dominique-cassini-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 05 October 2024

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