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On this day ... 11 June 1769 Endeavour Voyage Maps James Cook Joseph Banks Hawkesworth
Transit of Venus
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Observation of the Transit of Venus
| CALCULATION of the TRANSIT. | | | | | | | | | | 8 no Error. | | Sun's Meridian Altitude on the | 2d of June | | 50 | 7 | | | 3d ditto | | 49 | 59 |
| | | | June the 3d, 1769 | Error of | 16 | | | | H. | M. | S. | Sun's Altitude before the first external Contact. | D. | M. | | | H. | M. | S. | Sun's Altitude. | D. | M. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 48 | 9 | First Set. | 28 | 42 | | | 2 | 45 | 18 | First Set. | 32 | 47 | | | 50 | 10 | | 29 | 5 | | | | 46 | 31 | | 32 | 34 | | | 51 | 41 | | 29 | 21 | | | | 47 | 35 | | 32 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 53 | 19 | Second Set. | 29 | 36 | | | 2 | 48 | 39 | Second Set. | 32 | 12 | | | 55 | 7 | | 29 | 57 | | | | 49 | 44 | | 31 | 56 | | | 56 | 19 | | 30 | 13 | | | | 50 | 33 | | 31 | 49 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 57 | 36 | Third Set. | 30 | 27 | | | 2 | 51 | 33 | Third Set. | 31 | 39 | | | 58 | 37 | | 30 | 37 | | | | 52 | 28 | | 31 | 29 | | | 59 | 44 | | 30 | 47 | | | | 53 | 35 | | 31 | 16 | | | | | Before the first Internal Contact. | | | | | | | | Before the second external contact. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 25 | 48 | First Set. | 35 | 20 | | | 3 | 13 | 39 | First Set. | 27 | 35 | | | 27 | 46 | | 35 | 34 | | | | 14 | 36 | | 27 | 24 | | | 28 | 23 | | 35 | 47 | | | | 15 | 35 | | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 29 | 15 | Second Set. | 35 | 55 | | | 3 | 16 | 33 | Second Set. | 27 | 3 | | | 29 | 46 | | 36 | 2 | | | | 7 | 25 | | 26 | 53 | | | 30 | 29 | | 36 | 9 | | | | 18 | 19 | | 26 | 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 31 | 13 | Third Set. | 36 | 13 | | | 3 | 19 | 14 | Third Set. | 26 | 34 | | | 32 | 4 | | 36 | 23 | | | | 20 | 14 | | 26 | 21 | | | 32 | 43 | | 36 | 29 | | | | 21 | 1 | | 26 | 12 | | | | | After the first Internal Contact. | | | | | | | | After the second external contact. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 42 | 56 | First Set. | 38 | 9 | | | 3 | 32 | 3 | | 24 | 5 | | | 43 | 52 | | 38 | 25 | | | | 33 | 14 | | 23 | 51 | | | 45 | 25 | | 38 | 31 | | | | 34 | 32 | | 23 | 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 46 | 32 | Second Set. | 38 | 42 | | | 3 | 35 | 31 | Second Set. | 23 | 25 | | | 47 | 59 | | 38 | 54 | | | | 36 | 33 | | 23 | 11 | | | 49 | 27 | | 39 | 8 | | | | 37 | 30 | | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 50 | 27 | Third Set. | 39 | 17 | | | 3 | 38 | 29 | Third Set. | 22 | 55 | | | 51 | 9 | | 39 | 25 | | | | 39 | 58 | | 22 | 31 | | | 52 | 6 | | 39 | 32 | | | | 41 | 5 | | 22 | 21 |
| | ' | '' | ''' | | | Altitude in the Morning. | | 2d internal Contact | 0 | 23 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | 1st external | | | | | | Time | H. | M. | S. |
| D. | M. | | 1 st internal | 0 | 39 | 30 | | | | 7 | 42 |
29 | Sun's Altitude | 15 | 51 | | 2d ditto | 3 | 10 | 57 | | | | 0 | 45 |
26 | | 16 | 25 | | 2d external | 3 | 29 | 58 | | | | 0 | 46 |
38 | | 16 | 40 |
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