Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jean Cassini, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/152

Date: 09 December 1674

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That Cassini approved of Hooke's method of investigating the parallax of the annual orbit in the fixed stars; that Hooke had devised a new astronomical quadrant fitted with telescopic sights

Reference number: EL/O2/152
Earliest possible date: 09 December 1674
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jean Cassini, dated at London, 09 December 1674, EL/O2/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_152/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-jean-cassini-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 July 2026

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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Jean Dominique Cassini
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Henry Oldenburg
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