Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 82 pages)
ISBN:
9789004221949
Series Statement:
History of science and medicine library v. 29
Uniform Title:
Venus in sole visa
Content:
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.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004221932
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641 Venus seen on the sun Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004221949
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