, 1873-07-06
THE PLANET Of LOVE.
Venus on tho SUMS Face.
The Transits of 1880, 1901, and
1700.

The Transita of 1o3o. 1901. and
11ao
n. 4, Proctor n The I,o,,usar- Science Afonfhly.
Each evening during tho month Of April tho
planet of Love could DO scen in tho west for o
fow hours after su,,sot sho set earlior and
earlier cach successive night, ,--ovortaking tho
pun. AZ It woro.-ant toward tho end Of April sho
could no longer DO dcsecsod. On the 9th Of Mny
she had ovortakon tho sum- passing him ut dis
tnnco of about three tinos his own breadth
s"ov =. ~ tt,a 1,ort1, =; h,a 1,as w1,or t,opo
apoFo VI W suo ~ AAa a.an ' Sl,ve. m,:.
linoa appear eho WILL DO a morning etar' Ih's
passage by the sun iB tho last nude by Venns
(at lcast when on tho llther sido Of hinD beforo
tho ,one-desired and now famous transit of Do
eas,,,aro 1871 ,s,,o- i,,s.ona -. .an,1, -, H.,
ceHoe1 " Ao!9' "neu, l116tonu VI passing W Flu
Fun, oither abovo or below Ills diHk rs sho uR,1-
ally docs, sho will pasa right across his faco.
So much las boon sail OF late rcsnooting this
onnrooc,,;ng ,,,,oro1rono,, md so -n,ot, ;nono-.
wv oaenne pn'.o'aonon' suu ~ r'a'n A"po,4
'ahce is doaefvediy astaeheu TO IT, TINT my rehd.
simple account Of tho matter. In Particular
eomo NAV tl.nire tn kuop what b.a boan Tin epo-
a,1 ~, -, 49, s1 a.,,, H.
s'"' A'u' " tno eontioSo'sS iooo''s "na as'1 -
progress. Before enterng on thoHe msttere, 1
shall mako TOW remarks on tho history of for
NOR trausits.
Tin frat ncc,a,or ~, which vonra wan cv,r
..a,, ~, .ns an,a s.aa ,s.a an nes o. 1nao <n1a
etyle), corresponding to Dec. 4 (Now etylo). It
is rather singular tLat then, aomewllat "a at
prcsent. doubts had arisen, owing to
I;frercncc of oninion bot2oon m aatron-
omor Of established reputation nnd one loss
known to tho sclentifo world. Tho Nolglan
astronomer Lansborg had stated In his I" "Tnbles
Of tho Motion Of Vonua" TINT no transit would
oec"t - too'. touns not4oA' "ln'o plopAims
himsef Tor practical observation, undertook
lapphrehtly rom aneor !oEo OF aelenso) the COM
Paatoh OF rcnus oslono lfom , InG sao,Ga ,,a1, oi
by their ansnos tilat no hau spoKon OF tnem as
superior to au othofe~" ananlum lenta soieht
lntor ylourna oupressl. But Aorrox Eoc9gnlzed
many impo1tecl1ons ~ u thom, anu q. iongtn. Oh no
solvcd ior tho 1aturo VAIN MyoWh m eyes 70 opaerVo
the positions OF the STARS IN the heavene; ontt
less SO many nouls sn9ulu 3 W o1tnely .nIoMn NJ
ne u o nso 81 s %
received, no proceeds, my irst intimation
OF the remarkablo conjunction OF venus and tho
sun and regard 1t aa worry fortunate occur
Tonco inBomuon % ABOUT tue ne8innng Of oc,
tobor It induced me- IN expectation OF 30 grand
spectacle to obacrVo with lnoroaaod attention
NoyortholoBs, MS heart was Wrosh within him
against !tanaoerg' l1aomuch that he could not
soirain from tho e1srome step 9f "forglvingr
him in the following agreeable, torraa ~
pardon, In tno meantimo, tho miserable
arrogance o. the Bogan astronomer
VINO mas ovorloaued LIS useloBs tables with ouch
p5aa Of ny Ana o d deene i SUM- %
ciont reward that was thereby leu to consider
and forenee the appearance Of Venus in tho sun.
Bnt on tne osIer nhna, may Lanspors torglFo
me 81" th!s Is o1qulHato) =" Tint l hosltated to
trust him IN m observation Ok such IMPORTANCE,
and from having oeon 30 often doco!Vod by bis
protonsiions 70 universal accuracy roy .hes disro-
Rarded tho genera Iecep,lon o, OF Ms !ao4os: !.
proceeds, md to prevent the elanso , o. disap-
poinsmont, not only determined diligently TO
watch tho important spectacle myself, but
e1horted others whom knoW TO 10 iona OF
tho. testimony Of several persons, if 1t should
70 happen, might tho moro oiloctualiy promote
!ne atsainmont oi tsusa, atla pecauso ~ dnaGrs
1ng ~ olilefehs piaeea our purpose W9u!a De lesa
Hoy 20 10 deteatca M ~ ta aGcuenSat ;o1post
ton 4 oi cloass, or any iorsaisous mnPeanaeh..
70 was particularly nn3tons eeeanae Jupiter and
ofcnry d aHemen ~ tnos ~ s,, TO .hecason
naa Mea1no sf N a. sncn @ apnfo-
gers, nocaase ae L. Gonntmad ny eHpotlG?nee; oat
III oiner aegpncs5 snuos 4nap us4spaslng tnela "
Pr Po1g IL qsroto .,os ,;n fo ~ rahtrno '"
whom no "fotG we n1s u.s. 1iton4 .' osan'Ieo
~ O'CLOCK H. 'no % h,soaaoon ., " Nov. w. III r. pus
oeing un"uilng M 70 a;elotatd enslloay on nS oMn
ono o mo pesnn r5 m1lo m on + wy.
~ - ~ ~ - 1!S,ro1 ~ 1,,at ~, 10y -;
.eraH " r. ~ ti,ot L. a;,a -; soa M M
;erRios ls 10 .1. ss ~ w vanu ~
BUSINESS u tnn 4Snoss St + ~ " Mnlcn aut
tnoso o1Iamonsat putSu"S' ,,4 ~ outa m not WIN
pIopIaoty nsG,ee1. Auout naseen III. Mln.
Moa ess ~ 40 tSa 5as %sn g
10 y ,nro ntou .Hv Ilods, a,so ss
py aSlne 1nselpos.son Maio entto.y nsp1tsu .a
apd was once more invited TO me graceful task
o. repeating ny opssrYas'uns' t snon ~ poueM
most agreeable epoctaeie. @ Inc op!ocs oi ny san,
gs..o ".snu ,nt,;a nd e' ~
o. porocais c,,cni ~, shapo' "lteh aa, naa agany
1ul'y ensoIGa 1 n9on 'no hIn . a!sk ou INC lois,
eo tnne tuo Gukos !. u tMo sun a!'u senna
per1ee1sY eolnclaea, 1oan'nmg a. angie OF e9ta"
y ags M pxo1 1nns na 1it so anoao na
account t ~ 1ne ieonhsa WIZ "nssn oian.leo WI
4osseo y ane & areosaete ;,t u senua On H. eae sans
1nto Luz "l1i sU;i,a nlo,sns' ~ snss' Ivy Gbs
tstos'uou ll4e!0 "AAaH V1Aptfco, PoIsou "Ho