Vénus - 1761 - Madras, Inde - William Hirst - nationalité britannique

Le fort Saint-George sur la côte de Coromandel, Compagnie des Indes Orientales, 1754. La Compagnie anglaise des Indes orientales possède un comptoir près de Madras. Hirst y observe le passage de 1761. © National Maritime Museum.

An Account of an Observation of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, on the 6th of June 1761, at Madras ; by the Rev. Mr. William Hirst, Chaplain of one of his Majesty's Ships in the East Indies : Contained in a Letter wrote by him to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society. Dated Fort St. George, Ist July, 1761.

Philosophical Transactions Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, vol. LII, part I, For the Year 1761, London, 1762, p. 396-398.

Texte imprimé en anglais.

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