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 153
1st December 5th December VENUS NEAR INFERIOR CONJUNC-TION IN 1890 (BARNARD) VENUS, 20TH FEBRUARY 1891 (trouvelot) The diameter of Venus is 7,700 miles, not quiteequal to that of the Earth. Her mass, likewise smallerthan that of our planet, indicates that her density alsomust be somewhat smaller.…
Astronomy
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Divina proportione : opera a tutti glingegni perspicaci e curiosi necessaria oue ciascun studioso di philosophia: prospettiua pictura sculptura: architectura: musica: e altre mathematice: suavissima: sotile: e admirabile doctrina consequira: e delecterassi: co[n] varie questione de secretissima scientia (1509)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-divinaproportion00paci-168-392.webp)