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Venus (Planet) - Transit - 1769
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Observations of the transit of Venus over the sun, and the eclipse of the sun, on June III, MDCCLXIX. made at the Royal Observatory. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal.
Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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Institutions of astronomical calculations; containing a survey of the solar system, ... With a description of two new pieces of mechanism for exhibiting artificial views of such transits. ... By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1773- Books
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A voyage to California, to observe the transit of Venus. By Mons. Chappe d'Auteroche. With an historical description of the author's route through Mexico, and the natural history of that province. Also, a voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, to make experiments on Mr. Le Roy's time keepers. By Monsieur de Cassini.
Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé, 1728-1769.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Institutions of astronomical calculations. Part II. Containing the astronomy and geography of transits, and the principles of calculation, illustrated and applied to the ensuing transit of Venus in 1769; with the construction and use of a transit globe for that purpose. Embellished with three large copper plates, and a map of the great South Sea. By B. Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1770?]- Books
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Institutions of astronomical calculations: Containing, I. A new set of Solar tables for computing the sun's true place, by Mr. Tobias Mayer, who verified every element thereof by his own observations. II. A new set of lunar tables, calculated from the Theory of Universal Gravitation, of an intire new form, and the most commodious for astronomical calculations, and verified by 200 observations; from the second quarto edition at Paris, 1765, by the Late celebrated Mr. Clairaut, fellow of the Royal Academies of Sciences of Paris, London, Petersbourg, Berlin, Bologne, and Upsal. III. A general exposition or rationale of the nature, construction, and use of astronomical tables, and of the precepts of calculation in solar and lunar eclipses, with the doctrine of shadows, and their delineation on the surface of the Earth, considered both as a sphere and a spheroid; a work intirely new, illustrated with three large copper plates. Vol. III. Part I. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]