Indian astronomy and the transits of Venus. 2: the 1874 event

dc.contributor.author	Kapoor, R. C
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-16T10:01:24Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-16T10:01:24Z
dc.date.issued	2014-03
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Vol. 17 , No. 1, pp. 113-135	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/6622
dc.description.abstract	This paper is about sightings and astronomical observations of the 1874 transit of Venus made from the Indian region. The sources of the information presented here range from some classic texts and historiographies, publications and records of institutions, and chronicles,to accounts by individuals. Of particular interest is the fact that the transits of 1761 and of 1874 both provided independent evidence of an atmosphere around Venus in observations made from India, and the transit of 1874 led to spectroscopic confirmation of the presence of this atmosphere.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.narit.or.th/en/files/2014JAHHvol17/
dc.rights.uri	© National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
dc.subject	1874 Transit of Venus, India	en
dc.subject	A.C. Bigg - Wither	en
dc.subject	S. Chandra Sekhar	en
dc.subject	C . Ragoonatha Charry	en
dc.subject	J.B.N.Hennessey	en
dc.subject	Rev. H.D. James	en
dc.subject	N. Pogson	en
dc.subject	E.W. Pringle	en
dc.subject	G. Strahan	en
dc.subject	P. Tacchin	en
dc.subject	J.F. Tennant	en
dc.title	Indian astronomy and the transits of Venus. 2: the 1874 event	en
dc.type	Article	en