{"id":12,"date":"2012-08-07T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/transitofvenus\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2012-08-08T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T21:42:24","slug":"transits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/transitofvenus\/transits\/","title":{"rendered":"Transits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1639<\/h2>\n
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Stained glass window from the church at Much Hoole showing Horrocks\u2019s original observations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eyre Crowe’s 1882 painting of Horrocks observing the 1639 transit of Venus.
(Liverpool Art Museums\/The Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hevelius’s 1662 publication on the 1639 transit of Venus and on transits of Mercury
(Courtesy of Owen Gingerich)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frontispiece of Hevelius’s 1662 publication on the 1639 transit of Venus and on transits of Mercury.
(Courtesy of Owen Gingerich)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Frontispiece of Hevelius’s 1662 publication on the 1639 transit of Venus and on transits of Mercury.
(Courtesy of Owen Gingerich)<\/p><\/div>\n

1761<\/h2>\n
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The black drop effect drawn by Thobern Bergman and published in
the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thobern Bergman’s (1761-1762) rendition of the Black Drop effect during the 1761 transit of Venus.
Reprinted with permission from the Royal Society.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Halley<\/p><\/div>\n

1769<\/h2>\n
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The black drop effect and Venus’s atmosphere sketched by Captain Cook and published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Captain Cook\u2019s Journal, June 3, 1769<\/p><\/div>\n

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Captain Cook\u2019s Journal, June 3, 1769<\/p><\/div>\n

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Captain Cook’s voyage<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cook, J., and C. Green. 1771. Observations made, by appointment of the\u00a0Royal Society,at King George’s Island in the South Sea; by Mr. Charles
Green,formerly assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich,and\u00a0Lieut. James Cook, of His Majesty’s Ship the Endeavour. Phil Trans. 61, 397-421.<\/p><\/div>\n

1874<\/h2>\n