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<p> Name of a family of astronomers of the 17th and 18th centuries, of [[Italian]] origin; distinguished for their observations and discoveries affecting the comets, the planets, and the moon; they settled, father and son and grandson, in Paris, and became in succession directors of the observatory of Paris, the last of whom died in 1864, after completing in 1793 a great topographical map of [[France]] begun by his father. </p> | <p> Name of a family of astronomers of the 17th and 18th centuries, of [[Italian]] origin; distinguished for their observations and discoveries affecting the comets, the planets, and the moon; they settled, father and son and grandson, in Paris, and became in succession directors of the observatory of Paris, the last of whom died in 1864, after completing in 1793 a great topographical map of [[France]] begun by his father. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_70434"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cassini Cassini from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_70434"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cassini Cassini from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:04, 15 October 2021
Cassini [1]
Name of a family of astronomers of the 17th and 18th centuries, of Italian origin; distinguished for their observations and discoveries affecting the comets, the planets, and the moon; they settled, father and son and grandson, in Paris, and became in succession directors of the observatory of Paris, the last of whom died in 1864, after completing in 1793 a great topographical map of France begun by his father.