| RefNo | EL/C1/70 |
| 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 July 1676 |
| Description | Cassini makes calculations for the beginning and end of the eclipse of the sun, which occurred on 1 June 1676, because cloud obscured direct observations of it
Figure in text |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1676.0025 |
Transcribed in LBO/28/338
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 12, p 352
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 11, no 127, p 664 |
| RelatedRecord | LBO/28/104 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6c665468-0cbd-4f16-b71b-1a0712b78328 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |
| NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |