Marginalia
Transits, Travels and Tribulations
A series of articles by J. Donald Fernie in
American Scientist
Part I The problem of the size of the solar system, and the application of
transits of Venus and Mercury to its solution.
Part II British and French preparations for the 1761 transit of Venus,
while Britain and France were at war.
Part III The 1761 transit from Eastern Europe. The war ends and thoughts turn to the 1769 transit.
Part IV The British in Canada and the French in Mexico, 1769.
Part V Captain Cook's expedition, and the problems analyzing transit data.
This page offers a brief description of, and references,
to a series of articles in
American Scientist magazine.
It is not associated in any way with the magazine, nor with J. Donald Fernie,
the author of the articles.