Reference number | EL/C1/70 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Jean Dominique Cassini to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625-1712); Italian/French mathematician; astronomer; engineer; astrologer |
Date | 25 July 1676 |
Description | Cassini makes calculations for the beginning and end of the eclipse of the sun, which occurred on 1 June 1676, because cloud obscured direct observations of it Figure in text |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Transcribed in LBO/28/338 Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 12, p 352 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 11, no 127, p 664 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6c665468-0cbd-4f16-b71b-1a0712b78328 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |