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Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at the Observatory [Greenwich]

Reference number: EL/F1/127

Date: 17 August 1677

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States that he never received Cassini's letter concerning the comet; asks Oldenburg to thank Cassini for his ephemerides for Jupiter's satellites; concerning observations of the spot attached to one of Jupiter's belts

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EL/F1/127
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17 August 1677
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Flamsteed

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John Flamsteed, Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at the Observatory [Greenwich], 17 August 1677, EL/F1/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_127/letter-from-john-flamsteed-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-the-observatory-greenwich, accessed on 25 March 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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