The black drop effect and Venus’s atmosphere sketched by Captain Cook
and published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Captain Cook’s Journal, June 3, 1769
Captain Cook’s Journal, June 3, 1769
Captain Cook’s voyage
Cook, J., and C. Green. 1771. Observations made, by appointment of the
Royal Society,at King George’s Island in the South Sea; by Mr. Charles
Green,formerly assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich,and
Lieut. James Cook, of His Majesty’s Ship the Endeavour. Phil Trans. 61, 397-421.
