Relation of a Voyage from Boston to Newfoundland, for the Observation of the Transit of Venus, June 6, 1761. WITH: Two Lectures on the Parallax and Distance of the Sun, as Deducible from The Transit of Venus
VERY RARE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST PUBLICLY FUNDED AMERICAN SCIENCE EXPEDITION: JOHN WINTHROP’S VOYAGE TO NEWFOUNDLAND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO TIME THE 1761 TRANSIT OF VENUS AND THUS DETERMINE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN. WITH THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF HIS SUBSEQUENT..... More about Relation of a Voyage from Boston to Newfoundland, for the Observation of the Transit of Venus,...
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