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Portable Observatory used by Captain Cook, containing “une Horloge Astronomique”, an astronomical clock. The observers were ordered to record the transit in four phases of Venus' journey across of the sun. The first phase was when Venus began "touching" the outside rim of the sun.
On 16 February 1768 the Royal Society petitioned King George III to finance a scientific expedition to the Pacific to study and observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the face of the sun to enable the measurement of the distance from the Earth to the Sun. [2] Royal approval was granted for the expedition, and the Admiralty elected to combine the scientific voyage with a confidential mission ...
Sketchings of the 1769 Venus Transit by Captain James Cook and Charles Green, showing the black drop effect. Green joined Cook's first voyage of circumnavigation in 1768, accompanied by a servant. Green was one of two official astronomers appointed by the Royal Society to observe the transit; the other was Cook himself, who was a capable ...
Observations were made by a group led by Dr. Benjamin West in Providence, Rhode Island, [22] Observations were also made from Tahiti by Captain James Cook and Charles Green at a location still known as Point Venus. [23] [note 3]
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer, and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
British explorer Captain Cook, who was in Newfoundland in 1766 witnessed the solar eclipse of Aug. 5 while conducting astronomical observations and called the place Eclipse Island. On Monday, the ...
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The HMS Endeavour was a British Royal Navy vessel sailed by Captain Cook in 1778 during the American War of Independence