VIII. A delineation of the transit of Venus expected in the year 1769
My Lord, I beg leave to present to the Royal Society a delineation of the transit of venus in the year 1769 [Tab. I.] which will be a much better transit for discovering the Sun's parallax than that in 1761 was. Although I have only mentioned Wardhuys in Norwegian Lapland, and the Solomon isles...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Latin |
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The Royal Society
1763
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1763.0009 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1763.0009 |
| Summary: | My Lord, I beg leave to present to the Royal Society a delineation of the transit of venus in the year 1769 [Tab. I.] which will be a much better transit for discovering the Sun's parallax than that in 1761 was. Although I have only mentioned Wardhuys in Norwegian Lapland, and the Solomon isles in the great South Sea, as proper places for observing the transit; yet I am sensible, that any other place near the north cape will be just as well for the northern observers; and Tuberon's Isle, or St. Bernard's, or the Fly Islands, in the great South Sea, will answer as well for the Southern. |
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