Historical Transits of Venus
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1874 |
1882 |
![1874 Transit of Venus](images/russell_vt_1874.jpg) The cover of a book on the Transit of Venus by Henry Chamberlain Russell
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![1882 Transit of Venus US Naval Observatory](images/1882Venus_US_NavalObservatory.jpg) 1882 Transit of Venus from US Naval Observatory |
1769 |
1761 |
The black drop effect and Venus's atmosphere sketched by Captain
Cook and published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society. |
The black drop effect drawn by Thobern Bergman and published in
the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. |
1639 |
![1639 Transit of Venus](images/1639pic.jpg) Stained glass window from the church at Much Hoole showing
Horrocks's original observations. |
Historical Documents
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