Two lectures on the parallax and distance of the sun, as deducible from the transit of Venus. Read in Holden-Chapel at Harvard-College in Cambridge, New-England, in March 1769. / By John Winthrop, Esq. Hollisian Professor of the Mathematics and Philosophy at Cambridge, and F.R.S. ; [Three lines in Latin] ; Published by the general desire of the students.
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| dc.contributor.author | Winthrop, John, 1714-1779. |
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| dc.date.created | 1769 |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-12 |
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| dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/N09038 |
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| dc.description.abstract | Half-title: Mr. Winthrop's lectures on the use of the transit of Venus. |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Parallax -- Sun |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Venus (Planet) -- Transit |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sun. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Lectures -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- 1769. |
| dc.title | Two lectures on the parallax and distance of the sun, as deducible from the transit of Venus. Read in Holden-Chapel at Harvard-College in Cambridge, New-England, in March 1769. / By John Winthrop, Esq. Hollisian Professor of the Mathematics and Philosophy at Cambridge, and F.R.S. ; [Three lines in Latin] ; Published by the general desire of the students. |
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| identifier.stc | Evans 11536 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1700-1799 |
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