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100 1 Horrocks, Jeremiah,|d1617?-1641.|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/names/n84080575
240 10 Venus in sole visa.|lEnglish|0https://id.loc.gov/
authorities/names/n2011083335
245 10 Venus Seen on the Sun :|bthe First Observation of a
Transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks /|ctranslated with
introduction and notes by Wilbur Applebaum.
264 1 Leiden :|bBRILL,|c2012.
300 1 online resource (106 pages).
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
347 text file|2rdaft
490 1 History of science and medicine library ;|vv. 29
490 1 Medieval and early modern science ;|vv. 18
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 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.
505 8 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.
505 8 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.
520 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.
588 0 Print version record.
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
Collection - North America
655 0 Electronic books.
655 4 Electronic books.
700 1 Applebaum, Wilbur.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n00002259
776 08 |iPrint version:|aApplebaum, Wilbur.|tVenus Seen on the
Sun : The First Observation of a Transit of Venus by
Jeremiah Horrocks.|dLeiden : BRILL, ©2012|z9789004221932
830 0 History of science and medicine library ;|0https://
id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007020911|vv. 29.
830 0 History of science and medicine library.|pMedieval and
early modern science ;|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
names/n00096962|vv. 18.
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