The Transit of Venus: With Numerous Illustrations

Excerpt from The Transit of Venus: With Numerous IllustrationsMercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. These are all the planets which were known to the ancients Since Mercury and Venus were formerly supposed to be lower than the sun, and all the others higher, the name of inferior planets was given to the.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.