| RefNo | EL/C1/65 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer |
| Date | 25 November 1676 |
| Description | Cassini states that he is sending an account of the future path of the sunspot (a published article in French, from an unidentified journal, entitled 'Description du Mouvement que doit faire dans le Soleil und Tache sur la fin de Novembre 1676' is attached)
Cassini also says that Flamsteed's prediction for the conjunction of the moon with a fixed star was accurate and that he wishes to receive Flamsteed's ephemeris for the coming year |
| Language | Latin |
| French |
| Extent | 7p |
| Format | Manuscript and Printed |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed in LBO/28/99
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 134 |
| RelatedRecord | LBO/28/99 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/d9d5e0b5-2fe0-4c64-a0e9-a12f1252dfbc |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |