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ASTRONOMERS

Venus 1639 : Great Britain

Hoole , Great Britain

H o r r ock s

Manchester , Great Britain

C ra btreee

Venus 1761 : Anonymous observers or Jesuits

Dillingen , Germany

Hauser (Jesuit)

Ingolstadt, Germany

Kraz (Jesuit) and two unknown observers

Madrid, Spain

Benevent , Eximenus

Regensbourg , Germany

?

St Petersburg , Russia

Braun

Tranquebar, Danish Indies (India, nowadays)

Jesuits

Vienna , Austria

Lysogorski , Mastalier , Rain

Wurtzburg , Germany

Hubert

Venus 1761 Germany

Bayreuth, Germany

Grafenhahn

Gottingen , Germany

Mayer T.

Klosterberg , Germany

Silberschlag

Laibach (nowadays Ljubljana, in Slovenia)

Schöttl

Madrid, Spain

Rieger (Jesuit)

Munich, Germany

Brander

Nürnberg, Germany

Kordenbusch

Schwetzingen , Germany

May er C.

Tyr nau (nowadays Trnava, in Slovakia)

Weiss

Vienna , Austria

Hell (Jesuit), Herberth, Liesganig (Jesuit), Müller, Scherffer, Stein-Kellner

Wetzlas , Austria

Von Schlug

Venus   1761 Great Britain

Calcutta, India

Magee

Cape of Good Hope

Maso n and Dixon

Chelsea , Great Britain

Dunn

London , Clerkenwell , Great Britain

Heberden

Constantinople (nowadays Istanbul, Turkey)

Po rter

Greenwich , Great Britain

Bl i ss , Green, Bird

London , Hackney , Great Britain

Ellicot & Dolland

Liskeard , Great Britain

Hay don

London , Saville House , Great Britain

Sh o rt, Bevis and Blair

London, Spit. Square, Great Britain

C anton

Madras, India

Hi rst and Jesuits

St Helena Island

Mas kely ne and Waddington

Shiburn Castle , Great Britain

Phelps

Venus   1761 Denmark

Copenhagen , Denmark

H orrebow

Drontheim , Norway

Bugge & Hascow

Leipzig, Germany

He insio

Venus 1761 United States (British colony)

St John Newfoundland

Wi nth rop

Venus 1761 France

Bayeux, France

O ut hi er

Béziers, France

Clauzade , De Manse

Conflans-sous-Carrière , France

B ailly, La Caille, Turgot de Brucourt

?

Duchoiselle

Isle de France (nowadays Mauritius )

De Seligny

Lyon, France

Béraud

Montpellier, France

Romieu , Roucher-Deratte , Tandon

Paris, collège Louis-Le-Grand, France

Clo uet, Merville (Jesuits)

Paris, école militaire, France

Jeaurat

Paris, hôtel de Cluny, France

Baudouin, Li b our , Mes s i er

Paris, observatoire royal, France

Belléri , Maraldi

Paris, palais du Luxembourg, France

Lalan de

Passy, La Muette, France

De F ouchy , Noël

Bejing , China

Dollier (Jesuit)

Pondichery , India

Le G e ntil

Rodriguez Island ( North Madagascar )

P i n g ré

Rouen, France

B o u in, Dulague

Saint-Hubert, château de, France

La Condamine , Le Monnier

Sens, France

Luy nes, cardinal de

Tobolsk, Siberia

Ch appe d’Aut eroche

Vienna , Austria

Cassini d e Thury

Vincennes, France

Prolange

Venus 1761 Netherlands

Batavia , Dutch Indies (nowadays Jakarta , Indonesia )

Mohr

The Hague , France

Klinkenberg

Leiden , Netherlands

Lul o fs

Middelbourg , Netherlands

de Munck

Venus 1761 Italy

Bologne, Italy

Canterzani , Cassali , Frisi , Marini, Mateucci , Za notti

Florence, Italy

Ximenes (Jesuit)

Paris, observatoire royal, France

Zannoni

Rome, Italy

Audiffredi

Venus 1761 Portugal

Lisboa, Portugal

Ciera

Paris, Ste- Geneviève , France

De Barros

Porto, Portugal

De Alm eida

Venus 1761 Russia

St Petersburg , Russia

Kurganow , Krasilnikow

Seleginsk , Russia

Ru m o v s ky

Venus 1761 Sweden

Abo (nowadays Turku, Finland)

Justan d er & Wallenius

Cajanebourg (nowadays Kajaani , Finland)

Pl a n man

Kalmar, Sweden

Wickström

Karlskrona, Sweden

Bergström , Zegolström

Hernosand , Sweden

Gi st er , Strom

Landskrona , Sweden

Brehmer , Dehn , Landberg

Lund, Sweden

Burmester , Sc henmark

Passy, La Muette, France

F er ner

Stockholm, Sweden

Klinge nstiern a , W ar g entin and Wilken

Tornio , Finland

Hel l ant , La ge r born

Uppsala , Sweden

Berg man, M a llet, Metl a n der , Strö m er

Venus 1769

Venus 1769 : Anonymous and Jesuits

Bützow , Germany

?

Kiel, Germany

Ackermann

Lubeck, Germany

Brashe and two unknown observers

Venus 1769 Germany

Colombes, France

Bernoulli

Greifswald, Germany

M a y er A., Röhl

Venus 1769 Great Britain

Hudson ’s Bay , Canada

Dymond , Wales

Baskenridge, New Jersey, United States

Alexander

Caen, "the Mission", France

Pi gott

Cambridge, Massachussets , United States

Win throp

Cape Lizard , south-west Great Britain

Bradley

Cape North

Ba yl ey

Cavan , Ireland

M a s on

Coudre Island near Québec

Wri ght

Dinapur , India

De g l oss

East Dereham , Norfolk , Great Britain

W ol la s ton

Gibraltar

Jard ine

Glasgow, near the university, Scotland

Wil lia mson, Wils o n A.

Greenwich , London , Great Britain

Dollond, P., D u nn, H i r st, Hit chins, H or sley, Maske ly ne, Nairne

Hammerfest, Norway

Dixon

Hawkhill , Scotland

Alemoor , Hoy, L i nd

Hinkley

Robinson

London , Kew , Great Britain

Bev is

Kirknewton , Scotland

Brice

Leicester , Great Britain

Ludlam

Lewes, Delaware, United States

B a yley

Lewestown , Pennsylvania, United States

Bi ddle

Leyburn , Great Britain

G. G.

London , Austin Friars , Great Britain

Au bert

London , Mid. Temp. , Great Britain

Ho r sfall

London, Spit. Square, Great Britain

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