The illumination of part of the outer limb of Venus when it was partly on the Sun's disc during its transit
Date
1761
Creator
Torbern Olof Bergman (1735 - 1784, Swedish) , Chemist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p136
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 133mm
width (paper): 185mm
width (paper): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The illumination of part of the outer limb of Venus when it was partly on the Sun's disc during its transit, observed by Tobern Olof Bergman at Uppsala in Sweden. His paper was read to the Royal Society on 19 November 1761.
Transcription
On the verso, in pen, 'Thorbern Bergmann on Venus'
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Torbern Bergman, 'An Account of the Observations Made on the Same Transit at Uppsala in Sweden', Phil. Trans., vol. 52 (1761), pp. 227-30, tab. 8.
Related fellows
Torbern Olof Bergman (1735 - 1784, Swedish) , Chemist
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