Transit of Venus Across the Sun; A Translation of the Celebrated Discourse Thereupon
Transit of Venus Across the Sun; A Translation of the Celebrated Discourse Thereupon

Author: Jeremiah Horrocks

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780343297435

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Transit of Venus
Transit of Venus

Author: Nick Lomb

Publisher: The Experiment

Published: 2012-04-03

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1615190554

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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.

Jeremiah Horrocks The Transit of Venus
Jeremiah Horrocks The Transit of Venus

Author: Richard Pearson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0244765219

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In 1627, Johannes Kepler had published his Rudolphine Tables and two years later he published extracts from the tables in his pamphlet De raris mirisque Anni 1631 which included an admonitio ad astronomos (warning to astronomers) concerning a transit of Mercury in 1631 and transits of Venus in 1631 and 1761. Horrocks' own observations, combined with those of his friend and correspondent William Crabtree, had convinced him that Kepler's Rudolphine tables, although more accurate than the commonly used tables produced by Philip Van Lansberg, were still in need of some correction. Kepler's tables had predicted a near-miss of a transit of Venus in 1639 but, having made his own observations of Venus for years, Horrocks predicted a transit would indeed occur.

Venus Seen on the Sun
Venus Seen on the Sun

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-03-02

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 900422193X

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This text by Jeremiah Horrocks is his accurate prediction and the first observation of a significant astronomical event, and his analysis and comments on the changing nature and pactices of astronomy between Galileo and Newton in the 17th century.

Conversing with the Planets
Conversing with the Planets

Author: Anthony Aveni

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2012-05-09

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0307816540

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An award-winning professor takes readers on a guided tour of the stunning celestial discoveries of past cultures. Interweaving the astronomy, mythology, and anthropology of ancient peoples, Aveni shows how to discover the harmony between their beliefs and their study of the sky through naked-eye observations. From CHAPTER ONE: "My tales of Venus and Mars, squash and corn, are designed to entice the reader away from some of the widely held notions about the discovery and exploration of nature that are ingrained in modern culture. I want us to walk some worthwhile paths that are not so well trod."

Measuring the Universe
Measuring the Universe

Author: Albert Van Helden

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2010-12-15

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0226848906

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Measuring the Universe is the first history of the evolution of cosmic dimensions, from the work of Eratosthenes and Aristarchus in the third century B.C. to the efforts of Edmond Halley (1656—1742). "Van Helden's authoritative treatment is concise and informative; he refers to numerous sources of information, draws on the discoveries of modern scholarship, and presents the first book-length treatment of this exceedingly important branch of science."—Edward Harrison, American Journal of Physics "Van Helden writes well, with a flair for clear explanation. I warmly recommend this book."—Colin A. Ronan, Journal of the British Astronomical Association