The day the world discovered the sun [electronic resource] : an extraordinary story of scientific adventure and the race to track the transit of Venus / Mark Anderson.
2012
QB205.A2 A53 2012eb
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The day the world discovered the sun [electronic resource] : an extraordinary story of scientific adventure and the race to track the transit of Venus / Mark Anderson.
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1st Da Capo Press ed.
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9780306821066 (electronic bk.)
9780306820380
9780306820380
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Boston : Da Capo Press, 2012.
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English
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1 online resource (vii, 280 p., [4] p. of plates) : ill., map.
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QB205.A2 A53 2012eb
Summary
On June 3, 1769, the planet Venus briefly passed across the face of the sun in a cosmic alignment that occurs twice per century. Anticipation of the rare celestial event sparked a worldwide competition among aspiring global superpowers, each sending their own scientific expeditions to far-flung destinations to time the planet's trek. Anderson reveals the stories of three Venus Transit voyages-- to the heart of the Arctic, the New World, and the Pacific-- that risked every mortal peril of a candlelit age.
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Table of Contents
A star in the sun
The choicest wonders
Flying bridges
The mighty dimensions
The book and the ship
Voyage en Californie
Great expedition
Some unfrequented part
A shining band
Fort Venus
Behind the sky
Subjects and discoveries
Sail to the southward
Eclipse.
The choicest wonders
Flying bridges
The mighty dimensions
The book and the ship
Voyage en Californie
Great expedition
Some unfrequented part
A shining band
Fort Venus
Behind the sky
Subjects and discoveries
Sail to the southward
Eclipse.