L. Observation of the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at St. John's Newfoundland
The transit of Venus over the Sun, being a very curious and important phaenomenon, engaged the attention of America as well as Europe. His excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; governor of the Massachusetts-Bay, a gentleman who seizes every opportunity of advancing the sciences, was desirous to have an o...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstl.1764.0048 2024-09-30T14:38:50+00:00 L. Observation of the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at St. John's Newfoundland 1764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1764.0048 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1764.0048 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London volume 54, page 279-283 ISSN 0261-0523 2053-9223 journal-article 1764 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1764.0048 2024-09-17T04:34:49Z The transit of Venus over the Sun, being a very curious and important phaenomenon, engaged the attention of America as well as Europe. His excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; governor of the Massachusetts-Bay, a gentleman who seizes every opportunity of advancing the sciences, was desirous to have an observation of it in this quarter of the world; and as Newfoundland was the only British plantation where one could be had, proposed to the General Assembly at Boston to make provision for that purpose, which they readily agreed to do. In consequence whereof, I imbarked on board a vessel in the service of the government, taking with me for assistants two young gentlemen my pupils; and such astronomical instruments out of the college apparatus as were necessary. These were, an excellent clock, hadley's octant with nonius divisions; a refracting telescope with wires at half right angles, for taking differences of right asscope, adjusted by cross levels, and having vertical and horizontal wires, for taking correspondent altitudes; or differences of altitudes and azimuths. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland The Royal Society Venus ENVELOPE(-57.842,-57.842,-61.925,-61.925) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 54 279 283 |
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The transit of Venus over the Sun, being a very curious and important phaenomenon, engaged the attention of America as well as Europe. His excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; governor of the Massachusetts-Bay, a gentleman who seizes every opportunity of advancing the sciences, was desirous to have an observation of it in this quarter of the world; and as Newfoundland was the only British plantation where one could be had, proposed to the General Assembly at Boston to make provision for that purpose, which they readily agreed to do. In consequence whereof, I imbarked on board a vessel in the service of the government, taking with me for assistants two young gentlemen my pupils; and such astronomical instruments out of the college apparatus as were necessary. These were, an excellent clock, hadley's octant with nonius divisions; a refracting telescope with wires at half right angles, for taking differences of right asscope, adjusted by cross levels, and having vertical and horizontal wires, for taking correspondent altitudes; or differences of altitudes and azimuths. |
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L. Observation of the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at St. John's Newfoundland |
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