Reference number | EL/C1/57 |
Level | Item |
Title | Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer |
Date | 25 March 1673 |
Description | Covering note where Cassini sends a copy of his little book about the discovery of new satellites around Saturn Read to the Royal Society on 26 March 1673 |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 1 side |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Paris, le-de-France, France |
Origin coordinates | 48.85341, 2.3488 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | EL/C1/54 and EL/C1/56 Transcribed in LBO/6/69 Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 532 Cassini's observations were printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 92, p 5178 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/fed2bde9-aeca-42e3-a267-3511b8790e59 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |