Observations Concerning the Planet Venus
In the early part of the eighteenth century, Francesco Bianchini of Verona turned his primitive telescope - a refractor of only a few centimetres aperture but with an enormous focal length of around 20 metres - on the planet Venus. He recorded some of the first telescopic observations of Venus, outs...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Springer London
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Translator’s Preface
- Dedication
- Permission to Print is Granted the “Imprimatur”
- I Four newly discovered phenomena
- II Markings observed on Venus
- III Construction of a globe and planisphere
- IV Description of the markings, with names
- V Rotation of Venus
- VI The parallelism of its axis
- VII The parallax of Venus
- VIII Advice on further observations
- Letter From Rev. Melchior A Briga
- The Aerial Telescope An investigation
- Index of Chief Topics