Transits of Venus: A Popular Account of Past and Coming Transits from the First Observed by Horrocks A.D. 1639 to the Transit of A.D. 2012Longmans, Green and Company, 1874 - 236 síður |
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accelerated egress Antarctic appear applied arcs Astronomer Royal centre of Venus circle v v conjunction conjunction-line corresponding Crown 8vo Crozet Island Delisle's method Delislean poles Delislean stations determination diameter difference duration earth Enderby Land Essays favourable Gassendi Greenwich Halley Halley's method Halleyan pole Halleyan stations History Illustrations internal contact John Stuart Mill June Kerguelen Kerguelen Island latitude limb longitude Maps Mercury miles minutes nearly node northern Halleyan observing the transit occupied orbit parallel passage passing path of Venus photographic planet Plate XVI position Possession Island Post 8vo R. A. Proctor region retarded ingress rotation seen Sir G solar parallax southern stations Stations for observing sun-views sun's centre sun's disc sun's distance sun's parallax supposed telescope tion transit begins transit of 1761 transit of 1874 transit of Mercury transit of Venus Treatise Venus's centre Venus's shadow-cone vols whole transit Woodcuts