Venus seen on the sun [electronic resource] : the first observation of a transit of Venus / by Jeremiah Horrocks ; translated with introduction and notes by Wilbur Applebaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641.

Contributor:

Applebaum, Wilbur.

Series:

History of science and medicine library ; v. 29.

History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ; v. 18.

History of science and medicine library, 1567-8393 ; v. 29

Medieval and early modern science ; v. 18

Standardized Title:

Venus in sole visa. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venus (Planet)--Transit--1639--Early works to 1800.

Venus (Planet).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The treatise by Jeremiah Horrocks (1618-1641) on the transit of Venus of 1639 is an account of an important astronomical observation, as well as an analysis and commentary on the changing state and practice of astronomy during the significant period between the achievements of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Isaac Newton (1642-1727). This work has, in addition, the power to delight and charm us as the record of a young astronomer’s encounter with a rare astronomical event and the manner in which he discovered, observed, and drew conclusions from it. Its appeal is heightened by the knowledge that a self-trained young man stole a march on all the astronomers of his day.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 The Occasion, Utility, and Excellence of this Observation

2 The Manner and History of my Observation

3 What Others Observed or Could Have Observed of this Conjunction

4 It is Proved that the Spot Observed by Us Was Really Venus Herself

5 An Investigation of the Apparent Longitude and Latitude of Venus from the Center of the Sun

6 Change of the Apparent Place of Venus into the True

7 An Inquiry into the Time and Place of the True Conjunction of the Sun and Venus

8 Demonstration of the Node of Venus

9 The Beginning, Middle, End, and Magnitude of This Transit

10 A Consideration of the Calculations of Astronomers on the Foregoing

11 The Calculations of Copernicus

12 The Calculation of Lansberge

13 The Calculation of Longomontanus

14 The Calculation of Kepler

15 Corrections of the Rudolphine Numbers

16 On the Diameter of Venus

17 On the Diameters of the Rest of the Planets, the Proportion of the Celestial Spheres, and the Parallax of the Sun

18 The Planets are Dark Bodies

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-12669-8

9786613530554

90-04-22194-8

OCLC:

782879959

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004221949 DOI