Abstract
Preface Introduction Chapter 1 The Occasion, Utility, and Excellence of this Observation Chapter 2 The Manner and History of my Observation Chapter 3 What Others Observed or Could Have Observed of this Conjunction Chapter 4 It is Proved that the Spot Observed by Us Was Really Venus Herself Chapter 5 An Investigation of the Apparent Longitude and Latitude of Venus from the Center of the Sun Chapter 6 Change of the Apparent Place of Venus into the True Chapter 7 An Inquiry into the Time and Place of the True Conjunction of the Sun and Venus Chapter 8 Demonstration of the Node of Venus Chapter 9 The Beginning, Middle, End, and Magnitude of This Transit Chapter 10 A Consideration of the Calculations of Astronomers on the Foregoing Chapter 11 The Calculations of Copernicus Chapter 12 The Calculation of Lansberge Chapter 13 The Calculation of Longomont Chapter 14 The Calculation of Kepler Chapter 15 Corrections of the Rudolphine Numbers Chapter 16 On the diameter of Venus Chapter 17 On the Diameters of the Rest of the Planets, the Proportion of the Celestial Spheres, and the Parallax of the Sun Chapter 18 The Planets are Dark Bodies
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