Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus 1631-2004
Introduction
What is a Transit of Venus?
Discovering the Transits: The 1631 and 1639 Transits
Measuring the Universe: The 1761 and 1769 Transits
New Possibilities: The 1874 and 1882 Transits
The Transits of 2004 and 2012
Credits and Financial Support
Education and Events
Resources and Links

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Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde

Guillaume Le Gentil de La Galaisiere (1725-1792)
Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde
Paris: deI'Imprimerie Royale, 1779.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Observatory Library

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Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde

Guillaume Le Gentil de La Galaisiere (1725-1792)
Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde
Paris: deI'Imprimerie Royale, 1779.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Observatory Library

Figure of Hindu god Brahma


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Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde

Guillaume Le Gentil de La Galaisiere (1725-1792)
Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde
Paris: deI'Imprimerie Royale, 1779.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Observatory Library

Figures


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Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde

Guillaume Le Gentil de La Galaisiere (1725-1792)
Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde
Paris: deI'Imprimerie Royale, 1779.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Observatory Library

Ruins of Pondicherry; Le Gentil’s observing station was on the structure just to the right of the flagpole


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