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Historical Transits of Venus

1874

1882
1874 Transit of Venus
The cover of a book on the Transit of Venus by Henry Chamberlain Russell
1882 Transit of Venus US Naval Observatory
1882 Transit of Venus from US Naval Observatory

1769

1761
Cook blackdrop 1769
The black drop effect and Venus's atmosphere sketched by Captain Cook
and published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Bergman blackdrop 1761
The black drop effect drawn by Thobern Bergman and published in
the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

1639
1639 Transit of Venus
Stained glass window from the church at Much Hoole
showing Horrocks's original observations.

 

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