| Reference number | EL/C1/49 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini [to the Royal Society] |
| Creator | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer |
| Date | 14 February 1665 |
| Description | Autograph letter
Cassini discusses Auzout's hypothesis for the comet's motion
A paper (in Latin) by Cassini is enclosed which provides his own observations of the recent comet in December 1664
There are marginal notes in another hand
Oldenburg endorsed the letter: 'An extract of a letter by Signor Cassini to a person of quality and communicated by Monsieur Auzout for the R Society'
Read to the Royal Society on 15 March 1665 |
| Language | Latin |
| Italian |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | EL/A/1 for Auzout's letter on the same subject
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 359 |
| Related records in the catalogue | EL/A/1 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/5c503fe1-9b6e-4b13-8b9d-4c9926d2f9e7 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |