The Transits of Venus in 1874 and 1882

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Apr 1870

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Nature, Volume 1, Issue 25, pp. 627 (1870).

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IN the paper on this subject by P. L. S., there occurs a remark which is calculated to convey a mistaken impression. He states that ``an Antarctic station is only required for the transit of 1882, and there is ample time to make a preparatory Antarctic expedition to ascertain'' whether a suitable station can be found. The reverse is the case. No Antarctic expedition can be of any service in 1882, so that in a preparatory expedition the lives of our seamen and men of science would be uselessly risked. On the contrary, there are several Antarctic stations suitable for observing the transit of 1874; and I have shown that the comparison of observations made at such stations with observations made in Siberia would give the most effective means of determining the sun's distance available before the 21st century.

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