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Author Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641.

Title Venus Seen on the Sun : the First Observation of a Transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks / translated with introduction and notes by Wilbur Applebaum.

Publication Info. Leiden : BRILL, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (106 pages).
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Series History of science and medicine library ; v. 29
Medieval and early modern science ; v. 18
History of science and medicine library ; v. 29.
History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 18.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface; Introduction; Venus Seen on the Sun or An Astronomical Treatise on A Most Noble Conjunction of the Sun and Venus, on the 24th day of November 1639; Chapter One The Occasion, Utility, and Excellence of this Observation; Chapter Two The Manner and History of m y Observation; Chapter Three What Others Observed or Could Have Observed of this Conjunction; Chapter Four It is Proved that the Spot Observed by Us Was Really Venus Herself; Chapter Five An Investigation of the Apparent Longitude and Latitude of Venus from the Center of the Sun.
Chapter Six Change of the Apparent Place of Venus into the TrueChapter Seven An Inquiry into the Time and Place of the True Conjunction of the Sun and Venus; Chapter Eight Demonstration of the Node of Venus; Chapter Nine The Beginning, Middle, End, and Magnitude of This Transit; Chapter Ten A Consideration of the Calculations of Astronomers on the Foregoing; Chapter Eleven The Calculations of Copernicus; Chapter Twelve The Calculation of Lansberge; Chapter Thirteen The Calculation of Longomontanus; Chapter Fourteen The Calculation of Kepler.
Chapter Fifteen Corrections of the Rudolphine NumbersChapter Sixteen On the Diameter of Venus; Chapter Seventeen On the Diameters of the Rest of the Planets, the Proportion of the Celestial Spheres, and the Parallax of the Sun; Chapter Eighteen The Planets are Dark Bodies; Bibliography; Index.
Summary 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.
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Added Author Applebaum, Wilbur.
Added Title Venus in sole visa. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011083335
Other Form: Print version: Applebaum, Wilbur. Venus Seen on the Sun : The First Observation of a Transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004221932
ISBN 9789004221949 (electronic book)
9004221948 (electronic book)
1280126698
9781280126697
9789004221932 (hardback ; acid-free paper)