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1631

Texts

Kepler 1629, Admonitio [[ kepler-opera-7-p589-597 ]]

Hortensius 1633, Dissertatio [[ 21319-(001à095) ]]

1639

Texts

Hevelius 1661, Mercurius in Sole visus Gedani [[ 13-03-(001 à 040) ]]

Ferguson 1760, A plain method [[ 1605-(045 à 049) ]]

Horrocks, text [[whatton Horrocks]]

Journal des Sçavans

Journal-scavans-1761-p835-837

Images

Horrocks observe, paintwork [[ Horrocks-191903 ]]

Horrocks 1639, Sun diagram [[ Whatton-Horrocks-image ]]

Crabtree observe, paintwork [[ Crabtree-62936 ]]

Sextant, engraving [[ Hevelius-76626]]

1761

Texts

Gregory 1663, Scholium [[gregory-p130]]

Halley 1716 (in french) [[ Halleytrad ]]

Doppelmayer 1742, Atlas [[ 00047-(003à005) ]]

Delisle, manuscripts of 1753 and 1760 [[ A-3-12-34b-(001à039) ]]

Ferguson 1760, A plain method [[ 1605-(001 à 055).tif ]]

Rumovsky 1762, Brevis Expositio [[ 20269-5 (001 à 028).tif ]]

Hell 1762, Transitus Veneris [[ 20659-1 (001à021).tif ]] and[[ 20205 (001à137).tif ]]

Heinsius 1764,De Venere [[ 2188-(001à030).tif ]]

Le Gentil 1779, Voyage [[ 2221-1-(0001à0753).tif ]] and[[ 2221-2-(0001à0894).tif ]]

Lalande 1764, Astronomie [[ 5098-02 (001 à 055).tif ]]

Newcomb 1891, Astronomical Papers [[ 2929 (0001à0137).tif ]]

Histoire de l'Académie des sciences

Histoire-acad1757-p76-99

Histoire-acad1757-p232-253

Histoire-acad1757-p326-335

Histoire-acad1761-p65-71

Histoire-acad1761-p72-76

Histoire-acad1761-p76-77

Histoire-acad1761-p78-81

Histoire-acad1761-p81-86

Histoire-acad1761-p87

Histoire-acad1761-p88-89

Histoire-acad1761-p90-92

Histoire-acad1761-p93-95

Histoire-acad1761-p96-105

Histoire-acad1761-p98-117

Histoire-acad1761-p105-106

Histoire-acad1761-p107-111

Histoire-acad1761-p111-112

Histoire-acad1761-p113-114

Histoire-acad1761-192-196

Histoire-acad1761-334-336

Histoire-acad1761-337-372

Histoire-acad1761-373-377

Histoire-acad1761-409-412

Histoire-acad1761-p413-433

Histoire-acad1761-p433-439

Histoire-acad1761-p439-450

Histoire-acad1761-p450-483

Histoire-acad1761-p483-486

Histoire-acad1764-p115-116

Histoire-acad1764-p339-343

Histoire-acad1765-p1-34

Histoire-acad1765-p77-82

Journal des sçavans

Journal-scavans-1760-p132-142

Journal-scavans-1760-p142-144

Journal-scavans-1761-p250-251

Journal-scavans-1761-p835-837

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

phil-tr-t52-p190bis-ter

Images

Delisle, map of Mercury 1753 [[ Delisle-Mercure 1753 ]]

Carte : Seven-year War [[ carte-1758-64415 ]]

Delisle, map of Venus 1761 [[Delisle-mappemonde-1761]]

Bradley, portrait [[ Bradley-189028 ]]

Chappe at Tobolsk, paintwork [[ Chappe-2701bd ]]

Pondichéry, view of port, engraving [[ Compagnie-des-Indes-221484 ]]

Maskelyne, portrait [[ Maskelyne-189030 ]]

Mason and Dixon, engraving [[ Mason-Dixon-26772bd ]]

Fort St George in Madras, engraving [[ pu1845 ]]

1769

Texts

Lalande 1764, figure of transit[[ 20269-6 (001à026)]]

Ferguson 1763, Ph.tr. 53, p. 30 [[ Ph.tr.-53 p.30-and diagrams ]]

Pingré 1767, Mémoire sur le choix... Vénus 1769 [[ 1628-1 (001à095).tif ]]

Chappe 1772, Voyage en Californie [[ 20140 (0001à0184).tif ]]

Lalande 1771, manuscripts [[ C-5-29 (001à021) ]]

Newcomb 1891, Astronomical Papers [[ 2929 (0001à0137).tif ]]

Histoire de l'académie royale des sciences

Histoire-acad1757-p232-253

Histoire-acad1757-p99-108

Histoire-acad1768-p236

Histoire-acad1769-p163-172

Histoire-acad1769-p187-189

Histoire-acad1769-p229-231

Histoire-acad1769-p417-425

Histoire-acad1769-p421-425

Histoire-acad1769-p498-504

Histoire-acad1769-p505-508

Histoire-acad1769-p509-512

Histoire-acad1769-p513-528

Histoire-acad1769-p529-530

Histoire-acad1769-p531-538

Histoire-acad1769-p539-542

Histoire-acad1769-p543-546

Histoire-acad1769-p546-548

Histoire-acad-1771-p49-50

Histoire-acad1772-p73-77

Histoire-acad1772-p398-420

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Images

Lalande 1757, Map of the world 1769 [[ HMARS-1757 p.253 ]]

Lalande 1760, Figure of Venus 1769 [[ Carte Lalande 1769 ]]

Rittenhouse (portrait), engraving [[ Rittenhouse\1davidrit ]]

Rittenhouse (observatory), engraving [[ Rittenhouse\4ritobserv ]]

Diagram of Rittenhouse [[ Rittenhouse\6chart ]]

Cook, portrait [[ portrait Cook ]]

Banks, portrait [[ Banks ]]

Endeavour ship, engraving [[ Endeavour cook21 ]]

Otaheite map, engraving [[ Endeavour project\carte Otaheite ]]

Matavia Bay, engraving [[ Endeavour project\Matavia Bay 2-04c ]]

Point Venus, paintwork [[ Cook-Point-Venus-61601 ]]

Cape Point-Venus, paintwork [[ Cook-Point-Venus-61609 ]]

Fort-Venus, engraving [[ Fort Venus ]]

Diagram of the black drop phenomenon, engraving [[ Contacts philtranscook-24-lg ]]

Chappe's burial, engraving [[ Chappe-91227-c ]]

1874

Texts

Proctor 1873, Studies of Venus transits [[ 20362 (001à091) ]]

French missions 1874, Rapport de l'Académie des Sciences [[ 1952-01-02, 1952-02-01, 1952-02-02, 1952-03-01, 1952-03-02, 1952-03-02-atlas, 1952-03-02-annexe ]]

Airy 1881, british missions [[ 1958-(0001à0584).tif ]]

Tennant 1877, India mission [[ 2451-(001à064).tif ]]

German missions 1874, Venus Durchgänge [[ 3307 (0001à0118).tif ]]

Newcomb 1880, Observations of the transit of Venus [[ 1350-(0001à0161).tif ]]

Tacchini 1875, italian mission [[ 1136-(0001à0148) ]]

Covarrubias 1875, mexican mission [[ 21643-9-(001à044).tif ]]

Wittram 1891, russian missions [[ 1401-10-(001à092).tif ]]

Russel 1892, australian missions [[ 2004-(0001à0114) ]]

Horn d'Arturo 1922, goccia nera [[ Arturo ]]

Flammarion 1880, Astronomie populaire [[ 3853-(001à022).tif ]]

Newcomb 1883, Popular Astronomy [[ 20367-(001à045).tif ]]

Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences

Mémoires-acad-tome68-p42-50

Mémoires-acad-tome68-p69-74

Mémoires-acad-tome74-p561-567

Mémoires-acad-tome75-p764

Mémoires-acad-tome76-p677-679

Mémoires-acad-tome76-p1526-1530

Mémoires-acad-tome77-p994-995

Mémoires-acad-tome77-p1505-1511

Mémoires-acad-tome78-p673-676

Mémoires-acad-tome78-p1730-1731

Mémoires-acad-tome78-p1796-1806

Mémoires-acad-tome78-p1813-1815

Mémoires-acad-tome79-p6-7

Mémoires-acad-tome79-p455-457

Mémoires-acad-tome79-p1395

Mémoires-acad-tome79-p1396-1397

Mémoires-acad-tome79-p1397-1400

Mémoires-acad-tome79-p1482-1487

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p32-34

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p35

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p36

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p243-251

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p290-291

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p342-345

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p611-618

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p721-725

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p933-935

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p1203-1212

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p1281-1285

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p1541-1542

Mémoires-acad-tome80-p1599

Mémoires-acad-tome81-p466-469

Mémoires-acad-tome81-p532-533

Mémoires-acad-tome82-p125-128

Mémoires-acad-tome82-p205-208

Mémoires-acad-tome82-p607-610

Mémoires-acad-tome82-p1180-1182

Mémoires-acad-tome82-p1305-1308

Mémoires-acad-tome83-p946-948

Mémoires-acad-tome83-p1230-1232

Mémoires-acad-tome84-p109-111

Mémoires-acad-tome84-p294-297

Mémoires-acad-tome85-p360-362

Mémoires-acad-tome94-p909-911

Mémoires-acad-tome94-p1401-1402

Mémoires-acad-tome95-p1082-1086

Mémoires-acad-tome100-p227-230

Mémoires-acad-tome100-p341-343

Mémoires-acad-tome100-p1121

Mémoires-acad-tome104-p550-551

Mémoires-acad-tome105-p1004-1007

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London

Images

Photograph of Venus at Thebes [[ 1874-luxor-b5948_8 ]]

Rodrigues island, engraving [[ 1874-rodrigue-angl ]]

Honolulu site in Hawaii [[ 1874-tupman-honolulu ]]

German mission in Auckland island, photograph [[ m196800200013 ]]

German mission in Auckland island, engraving [[ mp002274 ]]

Mission in New Zealand, group photograph [[ Peters-nouv-zel ]]

Device to simulate the "black drop" phenomenon, engraving [[ Transit-circle-133396]]

American missions, group photograph [[ USNaval Observatory ]]

American missions, map of sites [[ venus mappemonde 1874image002 ]]

Harkness, portrait [[ Harkness figure 7.4 ]]

1882

Texts

Wolf 1882, conference [[ 1401-15-(001à023).tif ]]

American missions [[ 3003-21-(001à054) ]]

British missions [[ 1402-19-(001à088).tif ]]

Pickering, observations at Harvard [[ 21622-11-(001à028).tif ]]

Lefebvre 1883, historical study [[ 21665-14-(001à072).tif ]]

Pechüle, danish expedition [[ 21675-6-(001à045).tif ]]

German missions [[3307 (0048 à 0118).tif]]

The Astronomical Journal

Astronomical-journal-8-1888-p108

Mémoires de l'académie royale des sciences

Mémoires-acad-tome104-p550-551

Mémoires-acad-tome104-p560-563

Mémoires-acad-tome105-p1004-1007

Mémoires-acad-tome105-p1235-1237

Mémoires-acad-tome129-p986-993

Mémoires-acad-tome139-p1369-1375

Mémoires-acad-tome76-p1319-1327

Mémoires-acad-tome93-p569-572

Mémoires-acad-tome95-p1182-1342

Mémoires-acad-tome95-p575-578

Mémoires-acad-tome96-p1013-1015

Mémoires-acad-tome96-p1291-1292

Mémoires-acad-tome96-p227-1292

Mémoires-acad-tome97-p353-443

Images

Proctor 1882, chart of transit [[ 20362-0084 ]] lien

Darwin at Brisbane (Australia), group photograph [[ 1882 Brisbane Hume373 ]]

Darwin's equatorial telescope [[ 1882 equator Darwin hume374]]

Abbie Park Ferguson, photograph [[ Abbie Park Ferguson ]]

Harkness, portrait [[ Harkness figure 7.4 ]]

Mary Elizabeth Cummings, photograph [[ Mary E. Cummings ]]

Wellington observatory, photograph [[ Observatoire de Wellington ]]

Perrotin, portrait [[ Perrotin ]]

Venus photograph [[ Venus plate 1882 ]]

US Naval Observatory, Washington [[ m196800180005 ]]

2004 and 2012

Texts

Delambre (around 1785 ?) [[ Z-151-1 ]]

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London

proc-19-423-425