Account of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disk, as Observed at Norriton, in the County of Philadelphia, and Province of Pennsylvania, June 3, 1769. By William Smith, D. D. Provost of the College of Philadelphia; John Lukens, Esquire, Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania; David Rittenhouse, A. M. of Norriton; And John Sellers, Esquire, One of the Representatives in Assembly for Chester County; The Committee Appointed for That Observation, by the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Communicated to the Said Society, in Behalf, and by Direction, of the Committee, by Doctor Smith; And to the Royal Society of London, by Nevil Maskeline, B. D. Astronomer Royal
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- Publication:
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series I
- Pub Date:
- 1769
- Bibcode:
- 1769RSPT...59..289S