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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley

Reference number: EL/I1/99

Date: 01 January 1686

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Mentions that in a recent volume of 'Journal des Scavans' Cassini has discovered two further satellites of Saturn; concerning the tincture from lac
Read to the Royal Society on 28 April 1686

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EL/I1/99
Earliest possible date
01 January 1686
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Justel

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Henri Justel

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Henry Justel, Henri Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley, 01 January 1686, EL/I1/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_99/letter-from-henry-justel-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 17 February 2026

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