id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_lkde5636incfpchqseq456uqpq O. Biddle Observations of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, June 3, 1769; Made by Mr. Owen Biddle and Mr. Joel Bayley, at Lewestown, in Pennsylvania. Communicated by Benjamin Franklin, L L. D. F. R. S 1769 8 .pdf application/pdf 2996 598 101 Observations of the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769; made by Mr. Owen Biddle and Mr. Joel Bayley, at Lewestown, in Pennsylvania. was a theodolite, w ith telefcopic fights, in w hich clock, by taking equal altitudes o f the Sun, which we w ith rain at times, and a high wind at north-eaft, till berance, by w hich Venus s limb was united* to the T h e times o f the conta&s o f Venus w ith the T h e latitude and longitude o f M iddle Point were difference o f latitude and longitude in miles and of the point A , or their difference o f longitude> is ence o f longitude o f Lew eftow n and Point A 1 c > f longitude weft of the point A j and 2a o f 1tim e f 'for the1 difference o f longitude of ./cache/work_lkde5636incfpchqseq456uqpq.pdf ./txt/work_lkde5636incfpchqseq456uqpq.txt