Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 150
gassendi (1592-1655) … The Planets 105 transit. The first time Mercury was ever seen on theSuns disk was by GaSSENDI at Paris, 7th November1631. The transit of 7th November 1677 was wellobserved by Halley at Saint Helena. Dates of re-cent transits are 9th May1891, and 10th NovemberiS94.i4 Mercury can be seen withthe…
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