Les observations de l'equinoxe du printêms de cette année 1703

Name:

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, 1625-1712

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1703

Description:

Observations of the vernal equinox made at the Paris Observatory (l'observatoire royal) on 21 March 1703 and notes on earlier equinoxes and the implications for year length and calendar reform, written on a gathering that has been removed from a larger manuscript (18th-century (?) foliation 81-90, 19th-century pencil pagination 301-319). A note in a contemporary Italian hand attributes the manuscript to Cassini and records that it was sent from Paris in May (f. 1r).

Language:

French; Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (Kraus).; Sold by Robinson Brothers (London), 1945.; Appeared in an H. P. Kraus (New York) catalog.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 13.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs182.html

Subject:

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Astronomy -- France -- Observations; Vernal equinox

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); fragments (object portions); Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 256 x 190 mm

Geographic Subject:

France

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

First director of the Paris Observatory, 1671-1712.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; French, with a note in Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 182

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)