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RefNoEL/C1/73
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris
CreatorCassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer
Date12 February 1676
DescriptionCassini sends the position of the eclipse of the first satellite of Jupiter at the meridian of Paris in 1677 so that this eclipse can be observed at St Helena island in the south Atlantic in order to determine the difference between the two meridians
LanguageLatin
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originParis, le-de-France, France
Origin coordinates48.85341, 2.3488
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/28/345
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 67
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/a0f363d6-c66e-4182-a2a6-1eb35f8ba407
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8383Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer1625 - 1712
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