Venus in the sun
Subtitle: being an explication of the rationale of that great phaenomenon; of the several methods used by astronomers for computing the quantity and phases thereof; and of the manner of applying a transit of Venus over the solar disk, for the discovery of the parallax of the sun; settling the theory of that planet's motion, and ascertaining the dimensions of the solar system
By: By Benjamin Martin
Publisher: W. Owen
Published: 1761
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Parallax; Early works to 1800; Transit; Planets; Transits
Notes: xi, 48 pages : front., 2 pl. (1 fold.) tables, diagrs. ; 23 cm.