Introduction
During his 13-month sojourn on the island of St. Helena in the southern Atlantic Ocean, the English
astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742)
succeeded in observing a complete transit of the planet Mercury over the Sun on 7 November
1677 [28 October O.S.].
In a letter written some weeks later, probably addressed to his patron Sir Jonas Moore, Halley speculated that his
measurements when compared to those made in Europe would provide a better estimate for the solar parallax, the measure for the mean
distance of the Earth to the Sun. In fact, the Scottish mathematician James Gregory (1638-1675) had already pointed out in 1663 that
observations of a transit of an inner planet could be used for determining the solar parallax.
In a paper read before the Royal Society of London on 23 September 1691, but not published in the Society’s
Philosophical Transactions until in 1716, Halley described a practical way for determining the solar parallax from observation
of the times of ingress and egress of a transit of an inner planet across the solar disk.
Visibility Regions for the Transits of Venus of 1761 and 1769
The following diagrams depict the regions of visibility for the transits of Venus on 6 June 1761 and
3/4 June 1769.
Circumstances of the transit of Venus of 1761
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Begin of the transit (6 June, 02:02 UT) |
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End of the transit (6 June; 08:37 UT) |
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Sub-Venus point: λ = +149º 18'; φ = +22º 35' |
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Sub-Venus point: λ = +50º 06'; φ = +22º 30' |
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Apparent diameter of the Sun = 31.50' |
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Apparent diameter of the Sun = 31.50' |
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Apparent diameter of Venus = 0.96' |
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Apparent diameter of Venus = 0.96' |
This transit took place just after Venus passed its descending node (5 June; 13:32 UT) and occurred
on the southern half of the solar disk.
Circumstances of the transit of Venus of 1769
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Begin of the transit (3 June, 19:15 UT) |
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End of the transit (4 June; 01:35 UT) |
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Sub-Venus point: λ = –109º 08'; φ = +22º 39' |
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Sub-Venus point: λ = +155º 26'; φ = +22º 34' |
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Apparent diameter of the Sun = 31.51' |
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Apparent diameter of the Sun = 31.51' |
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Apparent diameter of Venus = 0.96' |
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Apparent diameter of Venus = 0.96' |
This transit took place just before Venus passed its descending node (4 June; 15:23 UT) and
occurred on the northern half of the solar disk.
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des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 65-71 [published in 1763].
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passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite au château de Saint-Hubert
en présence du Roi”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 72-76 [published in 1763].
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sortie de Vénus du disque du Soleil, faite à l’Observatoire royal le
6 Juin 1761, au matin”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
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du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 78-81 [published in 1763].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Observation du
passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite à Paris au Palais du
Luxembourg le 6 Juin 1761, avec les déterminations qui en résultent”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 81-86 [published in 1763].
- Alexandre-Guy Pingré, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, le 6 Juin 1761, faite à
Rodrigue dans la Mer des Indes”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 87 [published in 1763].
- P.C. le Monnier, “Remarques sur
les observations
du passage de Vénus, faites à l’isle Rodrigue le
6 Juin 1761”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 88-89 [published in 1763].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Examen de la
parallaxe du Soleil par les observations de la plus proche distance des
bords de Vénus et du Soleil, à Paris & à Rodrigue”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 90-92 [published in 1763].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Remarques sur
les observations faites par M. Pingré à l’isle Rodrigue dans l’Océan
Éthiopique, pour la parallaxe du Soleil”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 93-95 [published in 1763].
- M. de Fouchy, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le Soleil, faite à la Muette au Cabinet de
Physique du Roi, le
6 Juin 1761”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
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l’année 1761, 96-104 [published in 1763].
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remarques sur les observations
du passage de Vénus, faites à Rodrigue”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 105-106 [published in 1763].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Remarques pour la justification des calculs du passage de Vénus, insérés dans la
Connoissance des Temps de 1761”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 107-111 [published in 1763].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Remarques sur les observations
du passage de Vénus, faites à Tobolsk”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 111-112 [published in 1763].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Remarques sur les observations
du passage de Vénus, faites à Copenhague & à Drontheim en Norwège,
par ordre du roi de Danemarck”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 113-114 [published in 1763].
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résultat des observations faites sur la conjonction de Vénus au Soleil,
avec le calcul des Tables de M. Halley”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 192-196 [published in 1763].
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sur le diamètre de Vénus, observé à Tobolsk le 6 Juin 1761”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 332-333 [published in 1763].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Détermination
de la longitude et de la latitude de Vénus en conjonction, par la durée
du passage observée à Stockolm”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 334-336 [published in 1763].
- M. l’Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche, “Extrait
du voyage fait en Sibérie, pour l’observation de Vénus sur le disque
du Soleil, faite à Tobolsk le 6 Juin 1761”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
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l’année 1761, 337-372 [published in 1763].
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au mémoire précédent, sur les remarques qui ont rapport à l’anneau
lumineux, & sur le diamètre de Vénus, observé à Tobolsk le 6 Juin 1761”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 373-377 [published in 1763].
- César-François Cassini de Thury, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le Soleil, faite à Vienne en Autriche”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 409-412 [published in 1763].
- Alexandre-Guy Pingré, “Observations
astronomiques pour la détermination de la parallaxe du Soleil, faites en l’isle
Rodrigue”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 413-483 [published in 1763].
- Alexandre-Guy Pingré, “Addition
à ce mèmoire”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 483-486 [published in 1763].
- [Anon.], “Extract from a Journey to
Siberia, for observing the Transit of Venus over the Sun”, Gentleman’s Magazine, 33 (1763),
547-552 – also published as: “Extract from
M. l’Abbé Chappe d’Auteroche’s journey to
Siberia, for observing the late transit of Venus over the Sun; performed by
orders of his most Christian majesty”, The Annual Register, or a View
of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1764, 7
(1765), 89-96.
- Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche, “Berigt van eenen reistogt naar en door Siberië”, Uitgezogte Verhandelingen uit de nieuwste
werken van de Societeiten der Wetenschappen in Europa en van andere Geleerde Mannen, 10 (1765), 1-30 – Dutch translation of
the above item?
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in zijn begin, midden en einde, den 6 Juni 1761”, Verhandelingen uitgegeeven door
de Hollandsche Maatschappye der Weetenschappen te Haarlem, 7
(1763), pt. I, 380-391.
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Daval, “An Account of the Sun’s Distance from the Earth, deduced from Mr. Short’s Observations
relating to the horizontal Parallax of the Sun: In a Letter [...] to James
Barrow, Esq; V.P. of R.S.”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of
London], Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and
Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 53 (1763),
1-2 [published in 1764].
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Ferguson, “A Delineation of the Transit of Venus expected in the Year 1769”, Philosophical Transactions [of
the Royal Society of London], Giving Some Account of the Present
Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable
Parts of the World, 53 (1763), 30 [published in 1764].
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Wilhelm Wargentin, “A Letter [...] relating to the late Transit of Venus”, Philosophical Transactions
[of the Royal Society of London], Giving Some Account of the Present
Undertakings, Studies, and Labours,
of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 53 (1763),
59-65 [published in 1764].
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Short, “Second Paper concerning the Parallax of the Sun determined from the Observations of the late Transit
of Venus, in which this Subject is treated of more at length, and the Quantity of the Parallax more fully
ascertained”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World,
53 (1763), 300-345 [published in 1764].
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Hornsby, “A Discourse on the Parallax of the Sun”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of
London], Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and
Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 53 (1763),
467-495 [published in 1764].
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Lalande, “Méthode pour trouver avec la plus grande précision le
mouvement horaire de Vénus ou de Mercure dans leurs passages sur le Soleil”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1761, 96-??? [published in 1764?].
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Pingré, “A Supplement to Mons. Pingré’s Memoir on
the Parallax of the Sun; In a Letter from him to the Royal Society”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], Giving Some Account of the
Present Undertakings, Studies,
and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 54 (1764),
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Mayer, “An Account of the Transit of Venus: In a Letter to Charles Morton,
M.D. Secret. R.S.”,
Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], Giving Some
Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in
Many Considerable Parts of the World,
54 (1764), 163 [= 161]-164 [published in 1765].
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Winthrop, “Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Winthrop, Professor of Mathematicks in Cambridge, New England, to
James Short, A.M. F.R.S.”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of
the World, 54 (1764), 277-278 [published in 1765].
- John
Winthrop, “Observation of the Transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at St. John’s, Newfoundland”,
Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], Giving Some
Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in
Many Considerable Parts of the World, 54
(1764), 279-283 [published in 1765].
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(???, Rome, 1765).
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Rome, 1766).
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planetarum sub Sole”,
Novi Commentarii Academiæ Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanæ, 10
(1766), 433-472 [= sum., pp. 57-??].
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Novi Commentarii Academiæ Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanæ, 10
(1766), 473-500.
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(1766), 501-??? [= sum., pp. 63-??].
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per discum Solis in urbe Selenginsk institutarum”,
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(1766?), 443-486.
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transitus Veneris per discum Solis Selenginski habita, collata cum
observationibus alibi institutis”,
Novi Commentarii Academiæ Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanæ, 11
(1766?), 487-538.
- [Anon.],
“Sur quelques observations du passage de Vénus, faites au-delà de l’Équateur,
& sur la parallaxe du Soleil qu’on en peut déduire”, Histoire
de l’Académie Royale des Sciences [...] pour l’année 1763, 95-97 [published in
1766].
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Pingré, “Mémoire sur quelques observations du passage de Vénus, faites le 6 de Juin 1761, au-delà l’Équateur;
& sur les secours qu’on peut en tirer pour la détermination de la parallaxe du Soleil”, Mémoires de
mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour l’année 1763,
354-357 [published in 1766].
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Hornsby, “On the Transit of Venus in 1769”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 55 (1766), 326-344.
- Frederick
Mallet, “De Veneris Transitu, per discum Solis, A. 1761, d. 6
Junii”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World,
56 (1766), 72-91.
- Alexandre-Guy Pingré, Mémoire sur le choix et l’état des lieux où le passage de Vénus du 3. Juin
1769 pourra être observé avec le plus d’avantage, et principalement sur la position géographique des isles
de la mer du Sud (P.G. Cavelier, Paris, 1767) – ii+91 pp. – reprinted in
1768(?).
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(???, Leipzig, 1767).
- Eustachio Zanotti, “De Veneris ac Solis congressu”, De Bononiensi Scientiarum et Artium Instituto
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Lalande], “Explication d’une carte du passage de Vénus sur le disque du
Soleil pour le 3 juin 1769”, Histoire de l’Académie
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1767?].
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the Eclipse of the Sun and the Moon, in 1769”, Gentleman’s Magazine, 38 (1768), 455-???.
- [Anon.],
“Great preparations making in Russia to observe the transit of the planet
Venus over the Sun: The Empress writes a letter upon that subject to the
academy at Petersburg”, The Annual Register, or a View of the History,
Politicks, and
Literature, for the Year 1767, 10 (1768), 9-10 & 200-201.
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“Sur la détermination de la parallaxe du Soleil par le passage de Vénus du 6 Juin 1761”, Histoire
de l’Académie Royale des Sciences [...] pour l’année 1765, 77-82 [published in 1768].
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Pingré, “Nouvelle recherche sur la détermination de la parallaxe du Soleil par le passage de Vénus du
6 Juin 1761”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1765, 1-34 [published in 1768].
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Solaris”,
Novi Commentarii Academiæ Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanæ, 13
(1768), 541-560 & 14 (1769), 111-569.
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& Stepan Petrovic Krašeninnikov, Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du roi en
1761; contenant les Moeurs, les Usages des Russes, et l’Etat actuel de cette
Puissance, la Description géographique & le Nivellement de la route de Paris à
Tobolsk, l’Histoire naturelle de la même route; des Observations
astronomiques, & des Expériences sur l’Electricité naturelle.
Enrichi de Cartes géographiques, de Plans, de Profils du terrein, de
Gravures qui représentent les usages des Russes, leurs moeurs, leurs
habillements, les Divinités des Calmouks, & plusiers morceaux d’histoire
naturelle, 2 vols. in 3 parts (Debure Pere, Paris, 1768).
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(???, Greifswald, 1768).
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Ensuing Transit of the Planet Venus over the Sun’s Disk on the 3d of June
1769 (Richardson, London, 1768) – 44+5 pp.
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Planman, “A
Determination of the Solar Parallax attempted, by a
peculiar Method, from the Observations of the last Transit of Venus”, Philosophical Transactions [of
the Royal Society of London], Giving Some Account of the Present
Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable
Parts of the World, 58 (1768),
107-127.
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Rizzi Zannoni, “A Letter from J.A. Rizzi Zannoni, Member of the Academy of
Sciences at Gottingen, and Geographer to his Sicilian Majesty, to the late
Earl of Morton, Fr.R.S. containing several Astronomical Observations, made in several
Parts of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 58 (1768), 196-200.
- Nevil Maskelyne, “Observations on the Transit of
Venus over the Sun, and the Eclipse of the Sun, on June 3, 1769; made
at the Royal Observatory”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society
of London], Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and
Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 58 (1768),
355-365 [published in 1769].
- Johann Ellert Bode, Deutliche Abhandlung, nebst einer allgemeinen Charte von dem bevorstehenden
merkwürdigen Durchgang der Venus durch die Sonnenscheibe am 3ten Junii dieses 1769sten Jahr
(???, Hamburg, 1769).
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der Jahre 1761 den 6 Junii und 1769 den 3 Junii, [...] (s.n., Nuremberg, 1769).
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(s.n., Amsterdam, 1769).
- Christian Mayer, Ad augustissimam Russiarum omnium Imperatricem Catherina II
Alexiewnam, expositio de transitu Veneris ante discum Solis de 23 Maii
1769, jussu illustrissimi & excellentissimi Domini D. Comitis
Woldimeri ab Orlow illustr. Academiae Scientiarum directoris suscepta, ubi
agitur de fine hujus observationes, 1) cognoscendi veram parallaxin
horizontalem Solis, 2) determinandi veram distantium Solis a Tellure, 3)
ceterorumque planetarum & commentarum ordinem & distantium, 4) deque
commodis inde natis pro geographia, re nautica, physica, &c. adductis
ubique observationibus, earumque calculis ac methodus, ipsaque parallaxi
hinc deducta (???,
St. Petersburg, 1769) – 355 pp.
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ouvrage de A.G. Pingré, intitulé: Mémoire sur le choix et l’état
des lieux où le passage de Vénus, du 3 Juin 1769, pourra être
observé avec le plus d’avantage et principalement sur la position
géographique des isles de la mer du Sud”, Histoire de l’Académie
Royale des Sciences [...] pour l’année 1767, 105-??? [published in
1769?].
- Jan Traast, Naauwkeurige en volledige rekeninge van de planeet Venus: Door welke een ieder met weinig
moeite en met goede zekerheid kan weeten, wanneer dezelve in voorige tyden voor de schyf der zonne gezien
is konnen worden en in vervolg van tyd wederom zal konnen worden gezien: Vooral hoe dezelve in den jaare
1639 in Nov. oude styl vervolgens in ao. 1761. den sesden juny nieuwen styl voor den zon gezien is,
en in dit jaar 1769. den derden juny wederom voor dezelve zal te zien zyn. Alles nagespoort en voor de
liefhebbers van dit zeldzaamste en gewigtigste lugtverschynzel in openbaaren druk gegeeven (Steven
van Esveldt, Amsterdam, 1769) – 30 pp.
- David Rittenhouse, “Calculation of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, as it is to happen June 3d,
1769, in lat 40º N, long 5h. West from Greenwich”, Transactions of the American Philosophical
Society, 1 (1769), 4-??.
- John Ewing, “Calculations of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, as it is to happen June 3, 1769,
for the City of Philadelphia”, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1 (1769),
5-??.
- Thomas Horsfall, “Middle Temple, London”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies,
and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 170-???.
- Thomas Hornsby, “Shirburn Castle, and Oxford”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and
labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 172-???.
- Thomas Hornsby, “Oxford”, Philosophical Transactions [of the
Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the
ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 183-???.
- John Bevis, “Observation of the last Transit of Venus, and of the
Eclipse of the Sun the next Day, made at the House of Joshua Kirby, Esq. at Kew”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and
labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 189-191.
- John Canton, “Spital-Square”, Philosophical Transactions [of the
Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the
ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 192-???.
- William Hirst, “Account of several phænomena observed during the ingress of
Venus into the solar disc”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some
accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the
world, 59 (1769), 228-235.
- R.M. Ludlam, “Observations
made at Leicaster on the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3,
1769”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of
London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many
considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 236-240.
- Samuel Holland & St. Germain, “Near Quebec”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies,
and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 247-???.
- Jeremiah Dixon, “Observations
made on the Island of Hammerfost, for the Royal Society”, Philosophical Transactions [of the
Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious
in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 253-262.
- W. Bayley, “Astronomical Observations made at the North Cape
for the Royal Society”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt
of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world,
59 (1769), 266-272.
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Venus, made at Isle Coudre near Quebec”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable
parts of the world, 59 (1769), 273-280.
- A. Mayer, “Observation of
the Immersion of Venus on the Sun, June 3, 1769, made at Gryphswald”, Philosophical Transactions [of the
Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the
ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769),
284-285.
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Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present
undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59
(1769), 289-???.
- Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, “Observations of the Transit of Venus over
the Sun, June 3, 1769, made in Sweden”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable
parts of the world, 59 (1769), 327-332.
- A. Wilson, “Observations of the Transit of Venus over the Sun”,
Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present
undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59
(1769), 333-338.
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late Transit of Venus, observed at Hawkhill, near Edinburgh”, Philosophical Transactions
[of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of
the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769),
339-346.
- Lt. Jardine, “Gibraltar”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal
Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious
in many considerable parts of the world, 59 (1769), 347-???.
- John Winthrop, “Observations of the Transit of Venus over the Sun,
June 3, 1769”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of
the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many
Considerable Parts of the World,
59 (1769), 351-358.
- Joseph-Jérôme le François de
Lalande & Charles Messier, “France”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies,
and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 59
(1769), 374-???.
- A. Aubert, “Transit of Venus over the Sun, Observed June 3,
1769”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 59
(1769), 378-??? [published in 1770].
- Bengt Ferner, “Extract of a
Letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne [Stockholm]”, Philosophical Transactions [of
the Royal Society of London], Giving Some Account of the Present
Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of
the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 59 (1769),
404-406 [published in 1770].
- F. Wollaston, “Observations of the Transit of Venus over
the Sun, on June 3, 1769; and the Eclipse of the Sun next Morning; made at East Derham, in Norfolk”,
Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], Giving Some
Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in
Many Considerable Parts of the World,
59 (1769), 407-413 [published in 1770].
- Owen Biddle & Joel Bailey, “Observations of the Transit of
Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, made by Mr. Owen Biddle and Mr. Joel Bayley, at Lewestown, in
Pennsylvania”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World,
59 (1769), 414-421 [published in 1770].
- D. Harris, “Observations of
the Transit of Venus over the Sun, made at the Round Tower in Windsor Castle,
June 3, 1769”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], Giving Some Account of the
Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many
Considerable Parts of the World, 59
(1769), 422-431 [published in 1770].
- J. Leeds, “Observation of
the Transit of Venus on June 3, 1769 at Maryland”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of
London], Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and
Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 59 (1769),
444-445 [published in 1770].
- William Wales & J. Dymond, “Astronomical
Observations made by Order of the Royal Society, at Prince of Wales’ Fort, on the North-West Coast
of Hudson’s Bay”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London],
Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the
Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, 59 (1769),
467-488 [published in 1770].
- Johann
Bernoulli, “Observation du passage de Vénus sur le soleil faite à Colombes près de Paris le 3 juin
1769”, Histoire de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et des Belles-Lettres de Berlin 1767, 506-510
[published in 1769].
- B. Alzate, Suplemento a la famosa observacion del transito de Venus por el disco del sol
(???,
Mexico, 1769).
- Benjamin West, An Account of the Observations of Venus
upon the Sun, the third day of June, 1769, at
Providence, in New England: With some Account of the Use of those
Observations (J. Carter, New England, 1769) – 22 pp.
- John Winthrop, Two Lectures on the Parallax and Distance of the Sun, as Deducible from the Transit of
Venus: Read in Holden-Chapel at Harvard College in Cambridge, New England,
in March 1769 (Edes & Gill, Boston, 1769) – 47 pp.
- Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche, A Journey into Siberia made by Order of the King of France
(T. Jefferys, London, 1770).
- Joseph-Jérôme le François de
Lalande, “Remarque sur le passage de Vénus, qui s’observera en 1769”,
Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1768, 236-??? [published in 1770?].
- Leonhard Euler, “Expositio methodorum cum pro determinanda parallaxi Solis, ex observato transitu
Veneris per Solem, tum pro inveniendis longitudinibus locorum super Terra ex observationibus
eclipsium Solis, una cum calculis et conclusionibus inde deductis”, Novi Commentarii Academiæ
Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanæ, 14 (1770), pars 2, 321-554 [=
sum., pp. 7-??] =
L. Courvoisier (ed.), Leonhardi Euleri
opera omnia (Orell Füssli, Zürich, 1964), Series II,
vol. 30, pp. 153-231 [= Eneström 397].
- Collectio omnium observationem quae occasione transitus Veneris per
Solem a. MDCCLXIX per Imperium Russicum institutae fuerunt (???,
St. Petersburg, 1770).
- Johan Maurits Mohr, “Waarneeming van Venus, by haaren uitgang van de
Zonne-schyf, gedaan den 4. Juny 1769. te Batavia op
het Observatorium (liggende op 6 gr. 12 min. Zuider br.)”, Verhandelingen uitgegeeven door de Hollandsche Maatschappye
der Weetenschappen te Haarlem, 12 (1770), 123-130.
- Samuel
Dunn, “A Determination of the exact Moments of Time when the Planet Venus was at external and internal
Contact with the Sun’s Limb, in the Transits of June 6th, 1761, and June 3d, 1769”,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 60 (1770),
65-73 [published in 1771].
- William
Wales, “Journal of a Voyage, made by Order of the Royal Society, to Churchill River, on the North-west
Coast of Hudson’s Bay, of Thirteen Months Residence in that Country, and of the Voyage back to England,
in the years 1768 and 1769”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 60
(1770), 100-136 [published in 1771].
- L.
Degloss, J. Lang & H. Stoker, “Observations made at Dinapoor, June 4, 1769, on the Planet Venus, when
passing over the Sun’s Disk, June 4, 1769, with Three different Quadrants, and a Two Foot Reflecting
Telescope”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 60 (1770),
239 [published in 1771].
- Nathan
Pigott, “On the late Transit of Venus”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,
60 (1770), 257-267 [published in 1771].
- John
Winthrop, “Extract of a Letter from John Winthrop, Esq., F.R.S. Hollisian Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy, at Cambridge, N. England, to B. Franklin, LL.D., F.R.S., Dated Sept. 6,
1769”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 60 (1770),
358-362 [published in 1771].
- Frederick
Mallet, “Extract of a Letter from Mr. Mallet, of Geneva, to Dr. Bevis, F.R.S.”, Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 60 (1770), 363-367
[published in 1771].
- Charles Mason, “Astronomical
Observations made at Cavan, near Strabane, in the County of Donegal, Ireland”, Philosophical
Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies,
and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, 60 (1770),
454-496 [published in 1771].
- Alexandre-Guy
Pingré, “A Letter from M. Pingré, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, to the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne,
Astronomer Royal, F.R.S.”, Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], giving some accompt of
the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world,
60 (1770), 497-501 [published in 1771].
- [Don
Vicente de Doz], “A short Account of the Observations of the late Transit of Venus, made in
California, by Order of his Catholic Majesty, communicated by his Excellency
Prince Masserano, Ambassador from the Spanish Court, and F.R.S.”, Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 60 (1770), 549-550
[published in 1771].
- ?. Bourriot,
“Extract of a Letter, dated Paris, Dec. 17, 1770, to Mr. Magalhaens, from M. Bourriot;
containing a short Account of the late Abbé Chappe’s Observations of the Transit of Venus, in California”,
Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society of London], Giving Some
Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in
Many Considerable Parts of the World, 60
(1770), 551-552 [published in 1771].
- [Ekaterina
Romanovna Daškova = Catharine II], Antidote, ou examen du mauvais
livre superbement imprimé intitulé: Voyage en Sibérie [etc.]
(Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam, 1771) – a critique of Chappe d’Auteroche’s description of
Russian life and customs.
- John Ewing, “An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3d, 1769, and of the Transit of
Mercury, Nov. 9th, both as observed in the State-House Square, Philadelphia”, Transactions of the
American Philosophical Society, old series, 1 (1771), 39-83 –
also published separately as An Account of the Transit of Venus over the
Sun’s Disc, Observed [...] at Philadelphia, in the Province of
Pennsylvania, June 3, 1769 (s.l., n.d.) – 48 pp.
- G.M. Lowitz, Auszug aus den Beobachtungen welche zu Gurief bey
Gelegenheit des Durchgangs der Venus vorbey der Sonnenscheibe angestellt
worden sind (???,
St. Petersburg, 1770).
- Owen Biddle, “An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3d, 1769, as observed near
Cape Henlopen, on Delaware”, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1
(1770?), 83-91.
- Benjamin West, “An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3d, 1769, as observed at
Providence, New England”, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1
(1770?), 91-99.
- J. Bradley, “Some Account of the Transit of Venus and Eclipse of the Sun,
as observed at Lizard Point, June 3d, 1769”, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1
(1770?), 108-110.
- Charles Green & James Cook, “Observations
made, by appointment of the Royal Society, at King George’s Island in the
South Sea”, Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London, 61 (1771), 397-421.
- Johann Maurits Mohr, “Transitus Veneris & Mercurii in eorum
Exitu è Disco Solis, 4to Mensis Junii & 10mo Novembris, 1769, observatus”, Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society of London, 61 (1771), 433-436.
- Thomas Hornsby, “The Quantity of the Sun’s Parallax as deduced from
the Transit of Venus, June 3, 1769”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,
61 (1771), 574-???.
- César-François Cassini de Thury (ed.), Voyage en Californie pour l’Observation du passage de Vénus sur le
disque de soleil, le 3 Juin 1769 [...] Chappe d’Auteroche (Charles-Antoine Jombert, Paris, 1772).
- [Catharine II], The Antidote, or, an Enquiry into the Merits of a Book, Entitled A Journey into
Siberia, Made in MDCCLXI, in Obedience to an order of the French King, and
Published, with approbation by the Abbe Chappe d’Auteroche, of the Royal
Academy of Sciences. In which many Essential Errors and Misrepresentations
are
pointed out and confuted, and many interesting Anecdotes added, for a better
Elucidation of several Matters necessarily discussed [...] by a Lover of Truth. Translated into
English by a Lady (S. Leacroft, London, 1772) – English
translation of the French publication of 1771.
- Joseph-Jérôme le François de Lalande, Mémoire sur le passage de Vénus, observé le 3 Juin 1769
(s.n., Paris, 1772) – ?? pp.
- [Anon.],
“Sur la conjonction écliptique de Vénus et du Soleil, du 3 Juin 1769”, Histoire de l’Académie
Royale des Sciences [...] pour l’année 1769, 93-101 [published in 1772].
- M.
Jeaurat, “Observations de l’opposition de Jupiter, du 8 Mai; du passage de Vénus au-devant du Soleil,
du 3 Juin; & de l’éclipse de Soleil, du 4 Juin 1769, faites à l’Ècole Royale Militaire”,
Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
147-152 [published in 1772].
- P.C.
le Monnier, “Observations du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faites en présence du Roi, au château de
Saint-Hubert, sous la latitude de 48º 43' 25"”, Mémoires de
mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de
l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour l’année 1769, 187-192
[published in 1772].
- César-François
Cassini de Thury, “Observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite à l’Observatoire royal le
3 Juin 1769”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour l’année
1769, 229-232 [published in 1772].
- M.
Maraldi, “Observation de l’entrée
totale de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite à l’Observatoire royal le
3 Juin 1769, & observation de l’éclipse de Soleil du 4 Juin, au
matin”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres
de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour l’année 1769,
245-246 [published in 1772].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le Soleil, faite à Paris le 3 Juin 1769, dans
l’Observatoire du Collège Mazarin”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique,
tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour l’année 1769,
417-425 [published in 1772].
- P.C. le
Monnier, “Comparaison des observations
du passage de Vénus, faites en Amérique, avec celles qui ont été faites
dans le nord de l’Europe”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique,
tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour l’annêe 1769,
498-504 [published in 1772].
- P.C. le
Monnier, “Manière de
déterminer l’erreur des tables de Vénus, indépendamment des effets des
parallaxes du Soleil & de Vénus, dans l’observation du mois de Juin 1769”,
Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
505-508 [published in 1772].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Comparaison du passage de Vénus,
observé à Bordeaux, avec les observations faites à Paris”, Mémoires de
mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
509-512 [published in 1772].
- Alexandre-Guy
Pingré, “Observation
du passage de Vénus, sur le disque du Soleil, faite au Cap François, isle
de Saint-Domigue, le 3 Juin 1769”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique,
tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour l’année 1769,
513-528 [published in 1772].
- M. le Duc le
Chaulnes, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le Soleil, du 3 Juin 1769; faite à l’Observatoire
avec une lunette de Dollond de 3 pieds & demi”, Mémoires de
mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
529-530 [published in 1772].
- MM. de
Fouchy, de Bory & Bailly, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le Soleil, le 3 Juin 1769; & de l’eclipse de Soleil, du 4 Juin
de la même année, faite au Cabinet de Physique du Roi à Passy”, Mémoires de
mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
531-538 [published in 1772].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Remarques sur
les différentes observations du passage de Vénus, faites en Angleterre”,
Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
539-542 [published in 1772].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Examen de la
plus courte distance des centres de Vénus et du Soleil, le 3 Juin 1769”,
Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
543-546 [published in 1772].
- Joseph-Jérôme
le François de Lalande, “Mémoire sur
les observations du passage de Vénus, faites à Brest”, Mémoires de
mathématique et de physique, tirés des registres de l’Académie Royale des
Sciences pour l’année 1769,
546-548 [published in 1772].
- S. Williams, “An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3d, 1769, as observed at
Newbury, in Massachussetts”, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 2
(1772?), 246-251.
- Johann
Albrecht
Euler,
“A Deduction of the Quantity of the Sun’s Parallax from the Comparison of the several Observations of the
late Transit of Venus, made in Europe, with those made in George Island in the South Seas”, Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 62 (1772), 69-76
[text is in Latin] = L. Courvoisier (ed.), Leonhardi Euleri
opera omnia (Orell Füssli, Zürich, 1964), Series II,
vol. 30, pp. 134-139 [= Eneström A29].
- [Anon.], “???”, Histoire de l’Académie
Royale des Sciences [...] pour l’année 1770, 79-?? [published in
1773?].
- Joseph-Jérôme le François de
Lalande, “Mémoire sur le diamètre du Soleil qu’il faut employer dans
le calcul des passages de Vénus”, Mémoires de mathématique et de physique, tirés
des registres de l’Académie Royale des Sciences pour
l’année 1770, 403-??? [published in 1773?].
- Benjamin Martin, Institutions of Astronomical Calculations: Containing a
Survey of the Solar System, wherein all its Dimensions of the Distances,
Diameters, Magnitudes and Velocities of the Sun, the Earth, the Primary and
Secondary Planets, the Comets and the Stars are [...] With a
Description of Two New Pieces of Mechanism for exhibiting Artificial Views of such
Transits (Benjamin Martin, London, 1773) – ii+28 pp. + 2 plates.
- Pieter Boddaert, “De overgang van Venus over de Zon, den III Juni MDCCLXIX te Philadelphia
waargenomen, getrokken uit het Account of the transit of Venus over the suns disc, observed by the
rev. John Ewing A.M.”, Verhandelingen van het Zeeuwsch
Genootschap der Wetenschappen te Vlissingen, 3 (1773), 617-647.
- Louis
Cipolla, “Astronomical
Observations by the Missionaries at Pekin. Transmitted to the Supra-cargoes
at Canton, by the Rev. Father Louis Cipolla, of the Tribunal of Mathematics,
and communicated to the Royal Society by the Court of Directors of the
East-India Company”, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,
64 (1774), 31-45.
- ?. Bouin & ?. Dulague, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite à Rouen le 6 Juin
1761”, Mémoires par divers savans, 6
(1774), 43-44.
- Bouillet père et fils &
?. de Manse, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite à Bésiers, le 6 Juin
1761, en présence de M. l’Evêque, Président de l’Académie de
cette ville”, Mémoires par divers savans, 6
(1774), 124-132.
- A. Outhier, “Autre observation
du passage de Vénus, faite à Bayeux, le 6 Juin 1761, avec une lunette
de 34 pouces, garnie d’un micrometre dont chaque tours de vis est
divisé en 42 parties”, Mémoires par divers savans, 6
(1774), 133-134.
- T. de Almeida, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite à la ville de Porto en
Portugal, en l’année 1761”, Mémoires par divers savans, 6
(1774), 352-???.
- ?. Libour, “Observation
du passage de Vénus sur le disque du Soleil, faite le 6 Juin 1761, au
matin”, Mémoires par divers savans, 6
(1774), 435-???.
- [Anon.], “Voyage de M. le Gentil”, Histoire de l’Académie
Royale des Sciences [...] pour l’année
1772, 83-86 [published in 1775?].
- [Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche], A Voyage to California to Observe the Transit of Venus
[...] (Edward & Charles Dilly, London, 1778) – reprinted in 1973 by
??? (Richmond).
- Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste Le Gentil de La Galaisière,
Voyage dans les mers de l’Inde, fait par ordre du roi, à l’occasion du passage de Vénus, sur le disque du
soleil, le 6 Juin 1761, et le 3 du même mois 1769, 2 vols. (Imprimerie royale, Paris, 1779-1781) –
reprinted in 5 vols. by Les Libraires Associés, s.l. [Switzerland] (1780-1781).
- [Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche], Reise nach Californien um den
Durchgang der Venus durch die Sonnenscheibe den 3 Junius 1769 zu beobachten. Nach dem Tode Verfassers
herausgegeben von Herrn Cassini dem junger M.d.R.G. und zu künstigen Aufseher der königlichen Sternwarte aus
dem Französischen übersetzt (???, Hamburg, 1781).
- J.P. Ebeling, Le Gentils Reisen in den indischen Meeren in den
Jahren 1761 bis 1769 und Chappe d’Auteroche Reise nach
Mexico und Californien im Jahre 1769 aus dem Französischen, nebst Karl
Millers Nachricht von Sumatra und Franziscus Masons Beschreibung der Insel
St. Miguel aus dem Englischen (???,
Hamburg, 1781) – same as above?
- H. Flaugergues, “Observations inédites faites à l’Observatoire
de Montpellier par MM. de Ratte, Tandon, Romieu, Poitevin, Dubousquet, etc.,
membres de la Société royale des sciences de la même ville”, Correspondance
astronomique, géographique, hydrographique et statistique, 1
(1818), 246-248.
- Johann Franz Encke, Die Entfernung der Sonne von der Erde aus dem Venusdurchgang von 1761 hergeleitet
(Becker’schen Buchhandlung, Gotha, 1822).
- Johann Franz Encke, Der Venusdurchgang von 1769 als Fortsetzung der Abhandlung über die Entfernung der
Sonne von der Erde (Becker’schen Buchhandlung, Gotha, 1824).
- George Biddell Airy, “On a Method of Determination the Mass of the Moon
from Transit Observations of Venus, near the Interior Conjunction”, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical
Society, ?? (1829),
???-???.
- J.J. de Ferrer, “On the Determination of the Parallax of the Sun from the
Observations of the Transit of Venus over his Disk, June 3, 1769”, Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society,
5 (1832), 253-296.
- Johann
Franz Encke, “Üeber den Venusdurchgang von 1769”, Mathematische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie
der Wissenschaften zu Berlin aus dem Jahre 1835, 295-309 (publ. 1837).
- Carl Ludwig von Littrow, P. Hell’s Reise nach
Wardoe bei Lappland und seine Beobachtung des Venus-Durchganges im Jahre 1769 aus den aufgefundenen Tagebüchern
geschöpft und mit Erlauterungen begleitet (Gerold, Vienna, 1835) – xvi+166 pp.
- J. Babinet, “Sur le diamètre apparent de la planète Vénus et sur de
nouvelles présomptions contre l’exactitude de la parallaxe du Soleil déduites des derniers passages de 1761
et de 1769”, Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie
des sciences, 44 (1857), 526-528.
- John
Russell Hind, “Extrait d’une Lettre [...] à M. Le Verrier”, Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances
de l’Académie des sciences, 53 (1861), 131-132.
- Carl Rudolf Powalky, “???”, Connaissance des Temps pour
l’année 1867
(???,
Paris, 18??), additions.
- Simon
Newcomb, “Investigation of the Distance of the Sun and of the Elements
which depend upon it”, Astronomical and Meteorological Observations
made at the United States Naval Observatory during the Year 1865
(Government Printing Office, Washington, 1867), Appendix II.
- ?.
Delaunay, “Note sur la parallaxe du Soleil”, Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances
de l’Académie des sciences, 65 (1867), 839-841 – cf.
also also the discussion on pp. 976-???.
- Le Verrier, “???”, Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances
de l’Académie des sciences, 65 (1867), issue of
25 November.
- Edward
James Stone, “A Rediscussion of the Observations of the Transit of Venus”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 28 (1868), 255-266.
- Carl Rudolf
Powalky, “Ueber Herrn Le Verrier’s Beurtheilung meiner Arbeit über die Sonnenparallaxe”,
Astronomische Nachrichten, 71 (1868), 109-112 [nr. 1687].
- Simon
Newcomb, “Remarks on Mr. Stone’s Rediscussion of the Transit of Venus”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 29 (1869), 6-7.
- Edward
James Stone, “A Reply to Mr. Newcomb’s Remarks on Mr. Stone’s Rediscussion of the Transit of Venus, 1769”,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 29 (1869), 8-11.
- [Edward
James Stone], “Rediscussion of the Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1769”, Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 29 (1869), 169.
- Edward
James Stone, “On some points connected with the Rediscussion of the Observations of the Transit of Venus,
1769”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 29 (1869), 236-249.
- Hervé
A.E.A. Faye, “Examen critique des idées et des observations du P. Hell sur le passage de Vénus de 1769”, Comptes rendus
hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences, 68 (1869), 282-290.
- [Carl Rudolf
Powalky], “Die Phänomene bei den inneren Berührungen des
Venus-Durchganges von 1769”, Astronomische
Nachrichten, 74 (1869), 257-262 [nr. 1769].
- Carl Rudolf
Powalky, “Beiträge zu einer vollständigeren Beurtheilung der Venusdurchgänge und Ermittelung einiger
genauerer Resultate aus denselben”, Astronomische Nachrichten, 76 (1870), 161-192
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E. Brasch, “John Winthrop
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(1916), 153-170.
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Philosophical Society”, Proceedings of the American Philosophical
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Jeremiah Dixon”, Pennsylvania History, 12 (1945), 24-33.
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G. Cleland, “The French Expedition to Lower California in 1769”, Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 59 (1947), 74-75.
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Sawyer Hogg, “Out of Old Books: The 1769 Transit of Venus, as seen from Canada”, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
of Canada, 41 (1947), 319-326.
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Sawyer Hogg, “Out of Old Books: Wales’s
Journal of a Voyage in 1768”, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
of Canada, 42 (1948), 153-159 & 189-193.
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the Royal Society and Used by Maskelyne on his Visit to St. Helena in
1761, and Probably by Mason and Dixon in Pennsylvania”, Proceedings of
the American Philosophical Society, 94 (1950), 268-271.
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of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 25 (1951), 167-170.
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(1954), 277-293.
- Angus Armitage, “The Astronomical Work of Nicolas-Louis de La Caille”, Annals of Science,
12 (1956), 163-191.
- Brooke Hindle, The Pursuit of Science in Revolutionary
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J. Eggen, “Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus”, Leaflets of
the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 7 (1957), 337-344
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- Harry Woolf, “The Solar Parallax and the Growth of International
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Transit of Venus 1769 June 3”, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 80
(1969), 52-53.
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- Richard van der Riet Woolley, “The Significance of the Transit of Venus”, in:
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- Roberto Moreno, “Los instrumentos cientificos del abate Chappe d’Auteroche”,
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- Iris Higbie Engstrand, Joaquin Velázquez de Léon: Royal Officer in
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