The 1874 transit of Venus, which took place on 9 December 1874 (01:49 to 06:26 UTC), was the first of the pair of transits of Venus that took place in...

Passage de Vénus is a series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun on 9 December 1874. They were purportedly taken in Japan...

A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and...

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The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark spot passing across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012...

The 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii was an astronomical expedition by British scientists to observe the December 8 transit of Venus at three...

British astronomical expedition to Hawaii to observe the 1874 transit of Venus. George, the eldest son of George Tupman (1785–1847) and Elizabeth Emerson, was...

A transit of Venus was observed from Earth on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention...

The 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island was an astronomical expedition by French scientists to observe the 9 December 1874 transit of Venus...

The 1882 transit of Venus on 6 December 1882 (13:57 to 20:15 UTC), was the second and last transit of Venus of the 19th century, the first having taken...

1874. He later married his third wife, Jane Henderson, in 1887. In all, he had six sons and three daughters by his three wives. The 1874 transit of Venus...

Solander recorded the transit of Venus from the island of Tahiti during Cook's first voyage around the world. During a transit, Venus appears as a small...

University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1882, a Congressional medal for directing the U.S. expedition to photograph the 1874 transit of Venus, and election...

observing the 1874 transit of Venus from Japan. The Mexican Academy of Language was founded in 1875 and began compiling a dictionary of Mexican Spanish...

astronomer in New South Wales who was an official observer of the 1874 transit of Venus George Harry Hirst (1879–1933), British politician George Littlewood...

The first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made in 1639 by the English astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend and correspondent...

occurred in December 1874 and December 1882. The next transit will occur in December 2117 and December 2125. A long-standing mystery of Venus observations is...

Events in 1874 in animation. December 9: In 1874, Jules Janssen made several practice discs for the recording of the passage of Venus with his series...

name commemorates Captain J. Jacquemart, of the vessel FRWS Vire, that supported the French 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island. 52°37′10″S...

half of the 19th century. Almeida was part of a commission tasked with calculating the stellar parallax of the Sun during the 1874 transit of Venus. Almeida...

Eurynome in 1863. One of his asteroid discoveries, 139 Juewa was made in Beijing when Watson was there to observe the 1874 transit of Venus. The name Juewa...

The atmosphere of Venus is the very dense layer of gases surrounding the planet Venus. Venus's atmosphere is composed of 96.5% carbon dioxide and 3.5%...

Launay, Françoise (2006). "The 1874 Transit of Venus Observed in Japan by the French, and Associated Relics". Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage...

the French 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Campbell Island because of its resemblance to a tooth (dent in French). The island is part of the Campbell...

latitudes of the several stations. Washington: US Hydrographic Office. Airy, George Biddell (1881). Account of observations of the transit of Venus, 1874, December...

observation of the phases of Venus provided the first direct observational evidence for Copernican theory. Observations of transits of Venus across the...

expeditions visited Kerguelen to observe the transit of Venus. For the 1874 transit, George Biddell Airy of the U.K. Royal Observatory organised and equipped...

astronomical expedition to view the Transit of Venus, which set up camp at the site. As a result of the expedition, many of Campbell Island's landforms have...

complete remains were found during the 1874 transit of Venus, since an observation station was located on the island. Many of these excavations were requested...

to observe the 1874 Transit of Venus. The Courbet Peninsula occupies the northeastern portion of the main island. The eastern portion of the peninsula...