Vénus-1882-Observateurs anglais

Vénus - 1882 - Résultats des observations britanniques

1402(19) Transit of Venus, 1882. Report of the Committee appointed by the British Government to superintend the arrangements to be made for the sending of expeditions at the Government expense, and securing cooperation with the Government expeditions for the observation of the transit of Venus, 1882, December 6.

Rapport (88 p) des nombreuses missions anglaises en 1882 : océan Indien, Afrique du Sud, détroit de Magellan, Jamaïque, Bermudes, Cambridge (Mass.), Canada, Nouvelle-Zélande, Australie. La comparaison des mesures donne une valeur de la parallaxe solaire comprise entre 8,82" et 8,88".

Texte imprimé en anglais (88 pages en texte intégral) comprenant toutes les observations menées par les Anglais.

			1402(19)	Transit of Venus, 1882. Report of the Committee appointed by the British Government to superintend the arrangements to be made for the sending of expeditions at the Government expense, and securing cooperation with the Government expeditions for the observation of the transit of Venus, 1882, December 6.
	ILE MAURICE	MELDRUM
				Mission de l'île Maurice, par C. Meldrum.
PAGE 1				Toutes les observations sont un succès à l'exception de Brisbane, où les observations ont été rendues impossibles par des nuages denses et la pluie.
PAGES 8-9				« Observations of the contacts of the Sun and Venus, Dr C. Meldrum. »
PAGE 8				« Owing to an accident, no photographs were taken. Preparations had been made for taking a number of pictures, but the first assistant (Mr Bell) was blinded, and his mouth and tongue scalded by the contents of a bottle of ammonia, which he was opening, flying up into his face, between 1 and 2 O'clock on the 6th, and disabling him for nine days. »
	MADAGASCAR	PERRY
PAGES 9-11				Observation par Perry.
PAGES 11-13				Observation par le Rev W. Sidgreaves.
PAGES 13-14	DURBAN	NEISON		Observation au Natal Observatory.
	CAP DE BONNE-ESPERANCE, ABERDEEN ROAD	FINLAY
PAGES 14-15				Observations de Finlay.
PAGE 15				Observation de R.T. Pett.
PAGES 16-20	CAP DE BONNE-ESPERANCE, MONTAGU ROAD	MARTH STEVENS
PAGES 20-27	CAP DE BONNE-ESPERANCE, OBSERVATOIRE ROYAL	GILL MACLEAR FREEMAN
PAGES 27-30	DETROIT DE MAGELLAN, PECKETT HARBOUR	WHARTON
PAGES 30-31	DETROIT DE MAGELLAN, SANDY HILL STATION	HAVERGAL
PAGES 31-33	BARBADOS, HASTINGS	TALMAGE ET THOMSON
PAGES 34-36	JAMAIQUE, PARK CAMP	COPELAND, MACKINLAY
PAGES 37-39	JAMAIQUE, CHERRY GARDEN, PRES DE KINGSTON	PEARSON
PAGES 39-40	JAMAIQUE, KEMPSHOT OBSERVATORY, BAIE MONTEGO	HALL
PAGES 41-45	BERMUDA, GIBB'S HILL	PLUMMER NEATE
PAGES 45-46	CAMBRIDGE MASS	JEWETT SAWYER
PAGES 46-48	KINGSTON OBSERVATORY, Canada	WILLIAMSON
PAGES 48-50	OTTAWA, Canada, NEPEAN POINT	BLAKE
PAGES 50-52	COBOURG, Canada	BAIN
PAGES 52-53	WINNIPEG, Canada	MCLEOD
PAGES 54-55	BILDWILL'S, NSW	MARCHANT
PAGES 55-56	WELLINGTON, MOUNT COOK OBSERVATORY, NSW	ADAMS
PAGES 56-57	WELLINGTON, BOULCOTT STREET, NSW	MCKERROW
PAGES 57-59	CHRISTCHURCH, Nouvelle-Zélande	KITSON ET TOWNSEND
PAGES 59-62	BURNHAM, Nouvelle-Zélande	TUPMAN COKE
PAGES 62-64	NELSON, NSW	ATKINSON
PAGES 64-68	DUNEDIN, NSW	GILLIES SKEY
PAGES 68-69	NEW PLYMOUTH, NSW	HUMPHRIES O'DONAHOO
PAGES 69-70	HOBART	WHITE
PAGES 70-71	MELBOURNE	ELLERY GILBERT
PAGE 72	WENTWORTH, NSW	TODD
PAGES 72-73	NOUVELLE-ZELANDE	HEALE
PAGES 73-88				Equations résiduelles et discussion sur les « ingress observations », et sur les « egress observations ».