Direct access to works
on the transits of Venus
Works on the transits of 1631
Works on the transits of
1639
Works on the transits of 1761
Works on the transits of 1769
Works on the transits of
1874
Works on the transits of 1882
Works on the transits of
2004 and 2012
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-t29-p455-464
phil-tr-t52-p173-177
phil-tr-t52-p178-182
phil-tr-t52-p182-183
phil-tr-t52-p184-195
phil-tr-t52-p190bis-ter
phil-tr-t52-p196-201
phil-tr-t52-p202-208
phil-tr-t52-p208-213
phil-tr-t52-p213-216
phil-tr-t52-p216-220
phil-tr-t52-p221-225
phil-tr-t52-p226
phil-tr-t52-p227-230
phil-tr-t52-p231
phil-tr-t52-p232-250
phil-tr-t52-p251-253
phil-tr-t52-p254
phil-tr-t52-p255-257
phil-tr-t52-p371-377
phil-tr-t52-p396-398
phil-tr-t52-p399-414
phil-tr-t52-p611-628
phil-tr-t53-p1-2
phil-tr-t53-p30
phil-tr-t53-p300-345
phil-tr-t53-p467-495
phil-tr-t54-p279-283
phil-tr-t57-p179-185
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
phil-tr-t55-p326-344
phil-tr-t58-p355-365
phil-tr-t59-p170-171
phil-tr-t59-p172-182
phil-tr-t59-p183-188
phil-tr-t59-p189-191
phil-tr-t59-p192-194
phil-tr-t59-p228-235
phil-tr-t59-p236-240
phil-tr-t59-p266-267
phil-tr-t59-p273-280
phil-tr-t59-p284-285
phil-tr-t59-p289-326
phil-tr-t59-p327-332
phil-tr-t59-p333-338
phil-tr-t59-p339-346
phil-tr-t59-p347-348
phil-tr-t59-p356-358
phil-tr-t59-p374-377
phil-tr-t59-p378
phil-tr-t59-p407-413
phil-tr-t59-p414-421
phil-tr-t59-p422-431
phil-tr-t59-p444-445
phil-tr-t60-p65-73
phil-tr-t60-p239
phil-tr-t60-p257-267
phil-tr-t60-p358-362
phil-tr-t60-p444-450
phil-tr-t60-p536-540
phil-tr-t60-p549-550
phil-tr-t60-p551-552
Phil-tr-t61-p397-405
phil-tr-t61-p410-415
phil-tr-t61-p416-421
phil-tr-t61-p574-579
phil-tr-t62-p69-76
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
MNRAS-29
p.211-222
MNRAS-29
p.306-317
MNRAS-33
p.421-422b
MNRAS-33
p.470-472
MNRAS-37
p.93-95
MNRAS-37
p.181-184
MNRAS-37
p.387-398
MNRAS-38
p.196-200
MNRAS-38
p.279-295
MNRAS-38
p.334
MNRAS-38
p.341-347
MNRAS-38
p.429-457
MNRAS-42
p.183-185
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
proc-23-254-259
proc-23-314-316
proc-23-351-356
proc-23-501-504
proc-27-1-11
proc-29-297-302
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
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