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W e have already spoken of the hour of the true conjunction in respect of the ecliptic, but as that was not the middle of the transit, nor was there shewn in it the nearest distance of the centres, it may perhaps be agreeable to some, though it is no
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B ut I leave these patrons of circles and equality, these artificers of an useless labyrinth, and their hypotheses which are faulty in their construction and incapable of amendment. For although the measures of the eccentricities of the orbits, toget
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Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Jeremiah Horrox: To Which is Appended a Translation of his Celebrated Discourse Upon the Transit of Venus Across the Sun
Jeremiah Horrox (1618–1641) was one of the most interesting astronomers Britain has ever produced, and his tragically early death deprived the field of one of its most brilliant talents. In his short life he achieved much, having mastered the curre
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W hilst I was meditating in what manner I should commence my observation of the planet Venus so as effectually to realize my expectations, the recent and admirable invention of the telescope afforded me the greatest delight, on account of its singula
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T he most skilful astronomers in their observation of Mercury have been frequently deceived; firstly, those, who in the time of Charlemagne, on the 16th of April in the year 807, believed that the transit of Mercury over the Sun continued eight days:
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