| RefNo | EL/C1/54 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer |
| Date | 9 January 1672 |
| Description | Cassini provides his observations of a possible satellite of Saturn during October and November 1671; concerning Robert Hooke's observations of a lunar eclipse during September; Cassini gives his explanation of why Saturn looked round
Read to the Royal Society on 11 January 1672 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed in LBO/5/118
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 423 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/C1/57 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6976f71e-a93f-4c44-9007-de2708d7c6db |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c 1619 - 1677); natural philosopher and scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |
| NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |