Transits of Venus: A popular account of past and coming transits, from the first observed by Horrocks A.D. 1639 to the transit of A.D. 2012

Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888

R. Worthington and co, New York, 1875.

523.96 P94

xiv, 236 p. : illus. (incl. diagrs.) 20 pl. (2 fold., 12 col.) incl. front. ; 20 1/2 cm.

The transit of Venus and the notorious Black Drop effect

Journal for the history of astronomy, v.32, pt.4

Schaefer, B. E. (Bradley E.)

Cambridge, Eng.], 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.

520.905 J82 V.32, PT.4

p. [325]-336. : ill., charts, table. ; 23 cm.

Observations of the transit of Venus

Biddle, Owen, 1737-1799 | Bailey, Joel. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Royal Society (Great Britain)

Lockyer Davis, London, Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.59, 1769, 1770.

506.42 R82p

p.414-419 ; octavo.

Discussion of observations of the transit of Venus in 1761 and 1769

U.S. Nautical almanac office. Astronomical papers, v.2

Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909

Washington D.C, 1891.

Transactions of the American philosophical society mentioned, p.296 of v.1, 1769.

520.8 Un3a V.2

p.259-495 : tab. ; quarto.

Extract of a letter ... to B. Franklin ... dated Sept. 6, 1769

Philosophical transactions, v.60

Winthrop, John, 1714-1779 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

London, 1771.

Read April 5, 1770.

506.42 R82P

p.358-362 : diagr. ; octavo.

The universe and the coming transits: presenting researches into and new views respecting the constitution of the heavens: together with an investigation of the conditions of the coming transits of Venus. Recently confirmed by a unaninous vote of the chief astronomers of Great Britain

Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888

Longmans, Green, and co, London, 1874.

523 P94U

xiv, 303 p. : diagrs., (fold.) charts ; 23 cm.

Bestimmung der Sonnenparallaxe durch Venusvorübergänge vor der Sonnenscheibe, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des im jahre 1874 eintreffenden Vorüberganges. Mit zwei Planigloben

K. Sächsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-physische classe. Abhandlungen. IX. bd

Hansen, P. A. (Peter Andreas), 1795-1874

K. Sächsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Leipzig, 1871.

506.43 K81AA, BD.9

p.[455]-552 : incl. tables, diagr., 2 fold. maps ; 29 cm.

Instructions relative to the observation of the ensuing transit of the planet Venus over the sun's disk, on the 3d of June 1769

Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811

Richardson, London, 1768.

Pam. v.251, no.10

1 L. 44, [5] p. ; duodecimo.

Some medieval reports of Venus and Mercury transits

Centaurus, v.14

Goldstein, Bernard R.

Copenhagen, 1969.

509 C335 V.14

p.[49]-59 ;

The Sun: ruler, fire, light, and life of the planetary system

Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888

Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1871.

Last 32 pages publisher's advertisements.

523.7 P94S

xxiv, 480, 32 p. : col. front., illus., diagrs., (fold. col.) plates, tables ; 20 cm.

Two lectures on the parallax and distance of the sun, as deducible from the transit of Venus: Read in Holden-chapel at Harvard-college in Cambridge, New England, in March 1769

Winthrop, John, 1714-1779 | American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) | Ebenezer Hazard Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Printed and sold by Edes & Gill in Queen-street, Boston, 1769.

Half-title: Mr. Winthrop's lectures on the use of the transit of Venus.

523.92 W73L

47 p. ; 22 1/2 cm.

The transit of Venus: The quest to find the true distance of the sun

Sellers, David.

MagaVelda Press, Leeds, Eng.], 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-203) and index.

523.92 SE5T

222 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports., tables ; 24 cm.

The consummation of Quetzalcoatl: transits of Venus in Mexican inscriptions

Congrés International des Américanistes. Compte rendu, no.38, Bd.2

Burland, C. A. (Cottie Arthur), 1905-

Munich, 1970.

970 C76 NO.38 BD.2

p.[155]-157 ; octavo.

The Transit of Venus

Scientific American, v.290, no.5

Dick, Steven J.

New York, 2004.

505 SCI23 V.290, NO.5

p. 98-105. : ill. (colored), facsims., ports. (some colored) ; 28 cm.

Captain Cook and the transit of Venus of 1769

Royal Society of London. Notes and records, v.24, no.1

Woolley, Richard van der RietSir

Royal Society of London, London, 1969.

506.42 R82N V.24, NO.1

p.19-32 : maps, charts ; octavo.

Venus past, and the distance of the sun

Menzel, Donald Howard, 1901-

S.l, 1968]

Xerox copy. References to the American Philosophical Society.

509 PAM. NO.305

21 p. ; quarto.

Chasing Venus: the race to measure the heavens

Wulf, Andrea.

Vintage Books, New York, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

DLAR 7550

xxvi, 304 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 21 cm.

The Discovery of an atmosphere on Venus

Annals of Science, v.22, no.2

Meadows, A. J. (Arthur Jack)

London, 1966.

509 AN7 V.22, NO.2

p.117-127 : 2 plates ; octavo.

The transits of Venus: a study of eighteenth-century science

Woolf, Harry.

Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, 1959.

The American Philosophical Society mentioned on pp.173-175. Bibliography: p. 215-251.

523.92 W88T

xiii, 258 p. illus., ports., maps (1 fold.) diagrs., facsims. 25 cm.

Simon Newcomb, William Harkness and the nineteenth-century American Transit of Venus expeditions

Journal for the history of astronomy, v.29, part 3

Dick, Steven J. | Love, Tom. | Orchiston, D. Wayne.

Cambridge, Eng.], 1998.

520.905 J82, v.29, part 3

p. [221]-255. : ill., facsims., map, ports., tables. ; 23 cm.