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1. Christian Science Monitor Blog - Captain Cook, the transit of Venus, and a little trip to Tahiti [ Report dead link ]
Short explanation of Cook's mission, what he was trying to measure, and links to related web content.
http://weblogs.csmonitor.com/scitechblog/2004/05/index.html#a0001403017
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2. Lecture 26: How Far the Sun? [ Report dead link ]
From an introductory astronomy course, describes expeditions which observed the 18th century transits.
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Unit4/venussun.html
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3. No. 1303: Transit of Venus [ Report dead link ]
Transcript of a radio show describing 18th century expeditions. Link to the audio.
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1303.htm
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4. The 1882 Transit of Venus: Observations from Wellington, South Africa [ Report dead link ]
Describes the development of a higher education facility for women in South Africa and the events that led to the American scientific expedition to be able to view the astronomical phenomena. Page includes background of key participants, as well as photos of the original telescope and observatory.
http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/tov1882/tovwell.html
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5. The American Transit of Venus Expeditions of 1882 [ Report dead link ]
Abstract of an oral presentation at the 1996 AAS meeting.
http://www.aas.org/publications/baas/v27n4/aas187/S035002.html
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6. The Transit of Venus & The Quest For The Solar Parallax [ Report dead link ]
Excerpt of a book by David Sellers (Leeds, England). Covers the history of trying to find the Earth-Sun distance and how planetary transits played a part in that.
http://www.dsellers.demon.co.uk/venus/ven_ch_frames.htm
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7. Transit of Venus - University of Central Lancashire [ Report dead link ]
University of Central Lancashire is celebrating the 2004 Transit and the historical heritage of Jeremiah Horrocks (1619 to 1641) through a series of lectures, events and international collaborations.
http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/
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8. Transits of Venus [ Report dead link ]
Transits in the past and on June 8, 2004.
http://www.venus-transit.de/index.html
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