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The 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii was an astronomical expedition by British scientists to observe the December 8 transit of Venus at three...6 KB (750 words) - 13:31, 1 November 2023
.132M. Chauvin, Michael (2004). Hokuloa: The British 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 978-1-58178-023-9...39 KB (4,191 words) - 13:11, 15 March 2025
The 1874 transit of Venus, which took place on 9 December 1874 (01:49 to 06:26 UTC), was the first of the pair of transits of Venus that took place in...10 KB (1,036 words) - 00:57, 23 January 2025- George Lyon Tupman (category Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society)Astronomer for the British astronomical expedition to Hawaii to observe the 1874 transit of Venus. George, the eldest son of George Tupman (1785–1847) and Elizabeth...10 KB (947 words) - 17:42, 1 December 2023
1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 1-581-78023-0. OCLC 52895592. Wikimedia Commons has media related to HMS...3 KB (197 words) - 12:36, 24 November 2024
1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawaii. Renowned optical instrument maker, and one time JAS president, Henry Wildey was Astronomical Secretary of...9 KB (948 words) - 22:38, 22 January 2025
to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Hawaii, after the native Hawaiians had stolen a longboat from Cook's expedition...21 KB (2,227 words) - 20:50, 2 March 2025
George Forbes (scientist) (category British recipients of the Legion of Honour)University of Cambridge. Chauvin, Michael E. (1 January 1993). "Astronomy in the Sandwich Islands: the 1874 Transit of Venus". Hawaiian Journal of History...12 KB (1,327 words) - 01:46, 2 November 2024
James Cook (redirect from Proteges of Captain Cook)commissioned Cook to command a scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean. The purpose of the voyage was to observe and record the 1769 transit of Venus across the...104 KB (10,659 words) - 23:06, 19 March 2025
the Commander of the La Boudeuse and L'Étoile, in 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1769" (Paris, 1771) An expedition to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun...85 KB (10,547 words) - 20:03, 17 March 2025
Blackbirding (category History of colonialism)this kind of cheap labour principally came from European colonists in New South Wales, Queensland, Samoa, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii, and New...138 KB (15,526 words) - 04:57, 15 March 2025
South African Astronomical Observatory (redirect from The Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope)Department of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009. "The Transit of Venus – The Expedition at the...28 KB (2,519 words) - 22:52, 30 October 2024- (PDF). 20 December 2021. "The USNO Asteroid Connection" (PDF). The USNO Transit. 1 (2). April–May 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 5...200 KB (445 words) - 18:41, 10 March 2025
of the Aboriginal people. In 1769, Lieutenant James Cook in command of HMS Endeavour, travelled to Tahiti to observe and record the transit of Venus....334 KB (40,281 words) - 09:29, 8 March 2025- (PDF). 20 December 2021. "The USNO Asteroid Connection" (PDF). The USNO Transit. 1 (2). April–May 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 5...152 KB (445 words) - 07:34, 5 October 2024
- Major Canadian authors : a critical introduction to Canadian literature in English (2nd ed.), University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0-8032-4119-4 Introduction...209 KB (150 words) - 14:11, 17 March 2025
British Museum (redirect from British Museum Department of Libraries and Archives)originate from the vast area of the Pacific Ocean, stretching from Papua New Guinea to Easter Island, from New Zealand to Hawaii. The three main anthropological...231 KB (25,165 words) - 00:12, 17 March 2025
system Regulus was almost in conjunction with the Sun. Mars was 8° to the right, and Venus 34° right. Mercury was 10° left, and Jupiter 51° left. This was...108 KB (10,348 words) - 21:27, 9 March 2025- in the brain of Alexander Dalrymple, a hydrographer who was nominated by the Royal Society to command the Transit of Venus expedition to Tahiti in 1769...37 KB (4,640 words) - 16:25, 12 December 2024
- Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text...163 KB (735 words) - 15:43, 2 November 2024
- the transit of Venus, according to Halley's prediction, they were deterred from entrusting the expedition to a scientific man by the example of Halley
- with diplomatic ties to the Kingdom of Hawaii, with the exception of the United Kingdom. The Americans in Hawaii asked the US to annex the islands, but