Halley's method for calculating the Earth-Sun distance

DOI10.1007/S00407-004-0091-8zbMath1067.01008OpenAlexW2006534255MaRDI QIDQ1770086

L. W. B. Browne

Publication date: 8 April 2005

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-004-0091-8

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

Cites Work

• XXIX. The difference of longitude between the Royal Observatory of Greenwich and Paris, determined by the observations of the transits of Mercury over the Sun in the years 1723, 1736, 1743, and 1753: By James Short, M.A. F. R. S
• LII. An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances. By the late Rev. Mr. Bayes, F. R. S. communicated by Mr. Price, in a letter to John Canton, A. M. F. R. S

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