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Author: Sir George Biddell Airy Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0244777187 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 570
Book Description
This Book contains more than 20 additional b/w images of the telescopes & equipment exclusive to this volume. The 1874 transit of Venus, which took place on 9 December 1874 was the first of the pair of transits of Venus that took place in the 19th century, with the second transit occurring eight years later in 1882. This volume is an excellent addition to any Astronomy library, and is a valuable historic reference book.
Author: Sir George Biddell Airy Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0244777187 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 570
Book Description
This Book contains more than 20 additional b/w images of the telescopes & equipment exclusive to this volume. The 1874 transit of Venus, which took place on 9 December 1874 was the first of the pair of transits of Venus that took place in the 19th century, with the second transit occurring eight years later in 1882. This volume is an excellent addition to any Astronomy library, and is a valuable historic reference book.
Author: Nick Lomb Publisher: The Experiment ISBN: 1615190554 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 229
Book Description
Traces the impact on astronomy and science of the six times that the planet Venus has passed in front of the Sun since the discovery of the telescope in the seventeenth century, and discusses the 2012 transit, the last in this century.
Author: George E. Belknap Publisher: ISBN: Category : Astronomical instruments Languages : en Pages : 1064
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The contents of this volume consist of astronomical and meteorological observations made in 1885, as well as several plates of the Saturnian rings and several appendices.
Author: Jessica Ratcliff Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press ISBN: 0822981858 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
In the nineteenth century, the British Government spent money measuring the distance between the earth and the sun using observations of the transit of Venus. This book presents a narrative of the two Victorian transit programmes. It draws out their cultural significance and explores the nature of "big science" in late-Victorian Britain.
Author: William Sheehan Publisher: Prometheus Books ISBN: 1615925473 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 407
Book Description
In this unique and fascinating history of science, acclaimed popular science writer Sheehan and award-winning geographer Westfall take readers back through the centuries to chronicle the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding. Maps & tables.
Author: Sir George Biddell Airy
Author: Sir George Biddell Airy
Author: Nick Lomb
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Author: Jessica Ratcliff
Author: William Sheehan
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