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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