Venus Seen on the Sun
The First Observation of a Transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks
Translated with Introduction and Notes by Wilbur Applebaum, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Biographical note
Wilbur Applebaum, Ph.D. (1969) in History, State University of New York, Buffalo, is Professor Emeritus at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He has published books, articles and book reviews on early modern astronomy. He created and edited The Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution from Copernicus to Newton (Garland, 2000; Routledge, 2008, 3rd printing).
Readership
Those interested in the history of astronomy, the history of early modern science, and those eager to observe the next transit of Venus.
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Occasion, Utility, and Excellence of this Observation
Chapter 2 The Manner and History of my Observation
Chapter 3 What Others Observed or Could Have Observed of this Conjunction
Chapter 4 It is Proved that the Spot Observed by Us Was Really Venus Herself
Chapter 5 An Investigation of the Apparent Longitude and Latitude of Venus from the Center of the Sun
Chapter 6 Change of the Apparent Place of Venus into the True
Chapter 7 An Inquiry into the Time and Place of the True Conjunction of the Sun and Venus
Chapter 8 Demonstration of the Node of Venus
Chapter 9 The Beginning, Middle, End, and Magnitude of This Transit
Chapter 10 A Consideration of the Calculations of Astronomers on the Foregoing
Chapter 11 The Calculations of Copernicus
Chapter 12 The Calculation of Lansberge
Chapter 13 The Calculation of Longomont
Chapter 14 The Calculation of Kepler
Chapter 15 Corrections of the Rudolphine Numbers
Chapter 16 On the diameter of Venus
Chapter 17 On the Diameters of the Rest of the Planets, the Proportion of the Celestial Spheres, and the Parallax of the Sun
Chapter 18 The Planets are Dark Bodies
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Occasion, Utility, and Excellence of this Observation
Chapter 2 The Manner and History of my Observation
Chapter 3 What Others Observed or Could Have Observed of this Conjunction
Chapter 4 It is Proved that the Spot Observed by Us Was Really Venus Herself
Chapter 5 An Investigation of the Apparent Longitude and Latitude of Venus from the Center of the Sun
Chapter 6 Change of the Apparent Place of Venus into the True
Chapter 7 An Inquiry into the Time and Place of the True Conjunction of the Sun and Venus
Chapter 8 Demonstration of the Node of Venus
Chapter 9 The Beginning, Middle, End, and Magnitude of This Transit
Chapter 10 A Consideration of the Calculations of Astronomers on the Foregoing
Chapter 11 The Calculations of Copernicus
Chapter 12 The Calculation of Lansberge
Chapter 13 The Calculation of Longomont
Chapter 14 The Calculation of Kepler
Chapter 15 Corrections of the Rudolphine Numbers
Chapter 16 On the diameter of Venus
Chapter 17 On the Diameters of the Rest of the Planets, the Proportion of the Celestial Spheres, and the Parallax of the Sun
Chapter 18 The Planets are Dark Bodies
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