Arundell Blount Whatton, Jeremiah Horrox, Whatton Arundell Blount

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 Ac

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Produktbeschreibung

A life (published in 1859) of Horrox (1618 1641) with a translation of his major treatise, Venus in Sole Visa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781108014410
• ISBN-10: 1108014410
• Artikelnr.: 29517443

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Preface
Memoir
Treatise: 1. The occasion, excellence, and utility of the observation
2. Account of the observation
3. What others observed, or might have observed, of this conjunction
4. It is proved that the spot observed in the Sun's disc was really Venus
5. The examination of the apparent longitude and latitude of Venus from the Sun
6. The alteration of the apparent into the true situation of Venus
7. An inquiry into the time and place of the true conjunction of Venus and the Sun
8. The demonstration of the node of Venus
9. The beginning, middle, and end of the transit are shewn
10. An examination of the calculations of astronomers respecting the foregoing
11. The calculation of Copernicus
12. The calculation of Lansberg
13. The calculation of Longomontanus
14. The calculation of Kepler
15. Correction of the motions according to Rudolphi
16. On the diameter of Venus
17. On the diameters of the rest of the planets, of the proportion of the celestial spheres, and of the parallax of the Sun.