Research Catalog

Title

Two lectures on the parallax and distance of the sun, as deducible from the transit of Venus [electronic resource] : read in Holden-Chapel at Harvard-College in Cambridge, New-England, in March 1769 / by John Winthrop.

Author

Winthrop, John, 1714-1779.

Publication

Boston : Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, 1769.

Details

Description

[5], 6-47, [1] p.; 21 cm.

Alternative Title

• Use of the transit of Venus.
• Mr. Winthrop's lectures on the use of the transit of Venus.

Subject

• Astronomy > Early works to 1800
• Parallax > Sun > Early works to 1800
• Venus (Planet) > Transit > 1769
• Sun > Early works to 1800
• Venus (Planet) > Observations > Early works to 1800

Note

• Half title: Mr. Winthrop's lectures on the use of the transit of Venus.
• Running title: The use of the transit of Venus.
• "Published by the general desire of the students."
• SCI-104.
• Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
• Sabin no. 104859.

Indexed In (note)

• RLIN

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

LCCN

61002336

OCLC

CTRG10191995-B

Author

Winthrop, John, 1714-1779.

Title

Two lectures on the parallax and distance of the sun, as deducible from the transit of Venus [electronic resource] : read in Holden-Chapel at Harvard-College in Cambridge, New-England, in March 1769 / by John Winthrop.

Imprint

Boston : Printed and sold by Edes & Gill, 1769.

Indexed In:

RLIN, CTRG10191995-B

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Title

Use of the transit of Venus.

Mr. Winthrop's lectures on the use of the transit of Venus.