Parallax Problem Research Articles

The parallax problem in its application to the real motions of the fixed stars

The parallax problem in its application to the real motions of the fixed stars

XLVI. Observations of the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769. In a letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. Astronomer Royal, from John Winthrop, Esquire, F. R. S. Hollisian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, in New England

Reverend Sir, I beg leave to lay before you my observation of the late transit of Venus, the beginning of which I observed, in this place, with all the care I was capable of. Out situation on this North American coast, I am sensible, was not the most favourable, as we could see only the first part of the transit; yet, I presume, careful observations, wherever made, will have their use in determining the grand problem of the Sun's parallax; at least, may serve as collateral evidences to the capital observations.