IX . A deduction of the quantity of the Sun's parallax from the comparison of the several observations of the late transit of Venus, made in Europe, with those made in George Island in the south seas: Communicated by Mr. Euler, jun. Secretary of the imperial academy of Petersburg; in a letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. and Acad. Imper. Petroburg, &c. Sec
Observationes novissimi transitus Veneris ante discum Solis, A. 1769, in insula maris Australis, King George Island dicta institutas, calculo nuper subjecit academicus noster D. Lexell, earumque comparationem cum observationibus celebratissimi hujus phænomeni in Europa factis instituit, ut quantitat...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1772.0010 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1772.0010 |
| Summary: | Observationes novissimi transitus Veneris ante discum Solis, A. 1769, in insula maris Australis, King George Island dicta institutas, calculo nuper subjecit academicus noster D. Lexell, earumque comparationem cum observationibus celebratissimi hujus phænomeni in Europa factis instituit, ut quantitatem parallaxis Solaris erueret. |
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