Transits of Venus, from the first observed A.D.1639 to the transit of A.D.2012
Author : Richard Anthony Proctor
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 1874
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Author : Richard Anthony Proctor
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 1874
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Author : Richard Anthony Proctor
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
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ISBN : 9781012220242
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Author : Jessica Ratcliff
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0822981858
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
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 45,98 MB
Release : 2010-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1615925473
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 : Richard A. Proctor
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2024-07-16
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ISBN : 3382836467
Author : Wilbur Applebaum
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9004221948
The treatise by Jeremiah Horrocks (1618-1641) on the transit of Venus of 1639 is an account of an important astronomical observation, as well as an analysis and commentary on the changing state and practice of astronomy during the significant period between the achievements of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Isaac Newton (1642-1727). This work has, in addition, the power to delight and charm us as the record of a young astronomer’s encounter with a rare astronomical event and the manner in which he discovered, observed, and drew conclusions from it. Its appeal is heightened by the knowledge that a self-trained young man stole a march on all the astronomers of his day.
Author : John Noake
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Page : 398 pages
File Size : 29,6 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Worcestershire (England)
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Author : George Harley
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Page : 362 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 1876
Category : Histology
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
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ISBN : 3368721216
Author : William James Stillman
Publisher : London : Longmans, Green
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,47 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
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