Cook, James (1728-79)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3548. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Sailor, born in Marton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire, England. As a captain in the Royal Navy, conducted three voyages of exploration in the Pacific Ocean, the first inspired by EDMOND HALLEY's suggestion that the distance from the Sun to the Earth could be calculated by timing the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. A better measurement would enable more accurate ephemeredes to be computed an...

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