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The transit of Venus: the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy
The transit of Venus: the brief, brilliant life of Jeremiah Horrocks, father of British astronomy
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Aughton, Peter, 1940-
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
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The royal society
Toxteth
Cambridge
Astronomy before Horrocks
Horrocks studies the heavens
Gravitation and mechanics
Transit of Venus
The parallax of the sun
The motion of the moon
War
Opera Posthuma
Towards posterity.
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Astronomers
Astronomers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Astronomy
Astronomy -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
History
Horrocks, Jeremiah
Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641
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029784721
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