| Reference number | EL/C1/61 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of a letter from Jean Dominique Cassini, dated at Paris, to John Flamsteed |
| Creator | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer |
| Date | 8 November 1673 |
| Description | Cassini explains why Jupiter appears round when in quadrature with the sun, discusses the diameter of Mars and the sun's maximum declination
Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 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 | Transcribed in LBO/28/318
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 319 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/d492444a-d67d-4e35-a9ea-88b60cb06d2d |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |
| NA8219 | Flamsteed; John (1646 - 1719); astronomer | 1646 - 1719 |