Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Jeremiah Horrox : To Which is Appended a Translation of his Celebrated Discourse Upon the Transit of Venus A (Paperback)

Dedication; Preface; Memoir; Treatise: 1. The occasion, excellence, and utility of the observation; 2. Account of the observation; 3. What others observed, or might have observed, of this conjunction; 4. It is proved that the spot observed in the Sun's disc was really Venus; 5. The examination of the apparent longitude and latitude of Venus from the Sun; 6. The alteration of the apparent into the true situation of Venus; 7. An inquiry into the time and place of the true conjunction of Venus and the Sun; 8. The demonstration of the node of Venus; 9. The beginning, middle, and end of the transit are shewn; 10. An examination of the calculations of astronomers respecting the foregoing; 11. The calculation of Copernicus; 12. The calculation of Lansberg; 13. The calculation of Longomontanus; 14. The calculation of Kepler; 15. Correction of the motions according to Rudolphi; 16. On the diameter of Venus; 17. On the diameters of the rest of the planets, of the proportion of the celestial spheres, and of the parallax of the Sun.