Record

Reference numberEL/A/8
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Justel, dated at Paris
Date27 January 1666
DescriptionConcerning Giovanni Domenico Cassini's observations of a spot on one of the bands of Jupiter. Note on the back of the letter states that Justel sent this particular letter to Henry Oldenburg.

Subject: Astronomy
LanguageFrench
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Place originParis, le-de-France, France
Origin coordinates48.85341, 2.3488
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Access statusOpen
Related material'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, pp 25-28
Related records in the catalogueLBC/1/346
LBO/1/106
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/73d9b437-ca58-4fab-9f15-9b445d3c674a
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA2328Auzout; Adrian (1622 - 1691); physician and astronomer1622 - 1691
NA8383Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer1625 - 1712
NA6104Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian1620 - ? 1693
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