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Title: Illustration of the Transit of Venus.
Identifier(s): graphics:6017; APSimg4930
Description: Illustration demonstrating the transit of Venus in the year 1769.; Call Number: 506.73 Am4t v. 1; American Philosophical Society Transactions.
Creator: Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
Source: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (506.73.Am4t);
Subject: Math & Physics; Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796; Transit of Venus; Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Date: 1768

Title: "A projection and Calculation of the Transit of Venus"
Identifier(s): graphics:6010; local: APSimg4928
Description: Diagram showing the transit of Venus.; Call Number: 523.92 P65 No. 6; See also APSimg4930 for David Rittenhouse's similar transit of Venus illustration.
Creator: Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782et al
Subject: Math & Physics; Astronomy--Early works to 1800; Transit of Venus; Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782
Date: 1761

Title: Diagram of the earth, showing the path of the transit of Venus.
Identifier(s): APSimg4925; APSimg4925
Description: Call Number: 523.92 P65 No.7
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742
Source: Dr. Halley's disseration on the method of determining the parallax of the sun by the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761. (523.92.P65); http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=507
Subject: Math & Physics; Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742; Transit of Venus; Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Date: 1767