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Expositio methodorum, cum pro determinanda parallaxi solis ex observato transitu Veneris per solem, tum pro inveniendis longitudinibus locorum super terra, ex observationibus eclipsium solis, una cum calculis et conclusionibus inde deductis

English Title

Exposition of methods, not only for determining the parallax of the sun from an observed transit of Venus across the sun, but also for finding longitudes of places on the earth from observations of eclipses of the sun, together with calculations and conclusions deduced therefrom

Leonhard Euler

Enestrom Number

397

Fuss Index

668

Original Language

Latin

Archive Notes

It is indicated in the dissertation summary that all of these treatises were written by Euler.

Content Summary

This work is a collection of four treatises with separate titles, namely: "Methodus ex observato transitu Veneris per solem, inveniendi parallaxin solis" (pp. 322-334); "Methodus ex eclipsi solari in pluribus locis observata, elementa motus lunae, hincque longitudinem locorum, super terra accurate determinandi" (pp. 335-349); "Calculus eclipsis solaris cum conclusionibus inde deductis pro determinationibus longitudinum geographicarum" (pp. 350-420); "Calculus observationum circa transitum Veneris per solem institutarum" (pp. 421-554).