| James Hardie - 1801 - 526 דפים
...publickly a specimen of his progress in the study of astronomy, by a short paper printed in the 57th vol. of the Philosophical Transactions, entitled " An observation...of the Sun, at the island of Newfoundland, August 5th, 1766, with the longitude of the place of observation deduced from it." Some of the most learned... | |
| Jeremias David Reuss - 1804 - 588 דפים
...— 1766. ' 3. Aug. Novi Commentai-. Acad. Petropplkanae. T. iz. Hist. p. 58. 591. James COOK, . " An observation of an eclipse of the sun at the Island of NevrFoundland Aug. 5. 1766, with the longitude oE the place of observation deduced from it. Philos.... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 דפים
...of marine surveyor of Newfoundland. It must not be omitted, that while he occupied this poet, he bad an opportunity of exhibiting to the Royal Society...deduced from it." The observation was made at one of the Burgoe islands, near cape Ray, in latitude 47* 36, 19, on the south-west extremity of Newfoundland.... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 דפים
...That he had made a considerable proficiency in practical astronomy before 1766, is evident from his observation of an eclipse of the sun at the island of Newfoundland taken that year, with the longitude deduced from it, which was published in the Philosophical Transactions;... | |
| 1854 - 1112 דפים
...charts, but had acquired sufficient knowledge of astronomy to write a paper descriptive of his own " observation of an eclipse of the sun. " at the island of Newfoundland, August oth, 1766, with the longitude of the place of observation deduced from it. This paper was inserted... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 דפים
...astronomy, in a short paper, printed in the 57th volume of the Philosophical Transactions, entitled Observation of an Eclipse of the Sun at the island of Newfoundland, August the StJi, 1766, with the longitude of the place of observation deduced from it : this was one of the... | |
| Historical account - 1836 - 510 דפים
...During this period also, he furnished evidence of his success in the study of practical astronomy, by " An Observation of an Eclipse of the Sun at the Island...longitude of the place of observation deduced from it," communicated to the Royal Society by Dr J. Bevis, and read 30th April 1767. It occupies only two pages... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 510 דפים
...His first astronomical paper was printed in the 57th volume of the Philosophical transactions. It is entitled ' An observation of an Eclipse of the Sun at the island of Newfoundland, August 5th, 1766, with the longitude of the place of observation deduced from it.' Cook's observations were... | |
| Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 דפים
...proof of the great progress which he had made in the study of astronomy. This he did in 1766, by making an observation of an eclipse of the sun at the Island of Newfoundland, with the longitude deduced from it, which was published in the fifty-seventh volume of the Philosophical... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 288 דפים
...It is entitled ' An observation of an Eclipse of the Sun at the island of Newfoundland^ August 5th, 1766, with the longitude of the place of observation deduced from it.' Cook's observations were made at one of the Burgeo islands near Cape Ray. It obtained for him the character... | |
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