Letter, from John Monro to Joseph Martin, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/M2/9
Date: 17 June 1699
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Account of Cassini's observatory; that Monro had seen the curiosities in Turnfort's cabinet (shells, plant specimens); details of Monsieur Geoffroy's experiments 'in vacuo'
In postscript states that Cassini had discovered three spots in Jupiter
Read to the Royal Society on 7 July 1699
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- EL/M2/9
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- 17 June 1699
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- 7 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Monro, Letter, from John Monro to Joseph Martin, dated at Paris, 17 June 1699, EL/M2/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_9/letter-from-john-monro-to-joseph-martin-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 July 2025
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