Captain James Cook and The Royal Society
Foremost among the scientific societies of Europe the Royal Society took the initiative in making the necessary preparations for the observations of the transit of Venus in the eighteenth century, when this phenomenon occurred only twice. Such observations were necessary in order to enable the calcu...
| Published in: | Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1969
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.1969.0003 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsnr.1969.0003 |