occultations and transits

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• - University of Central Lancashire is celebrating the 2004 Transit and the historical heritage of Jeremiah Horrocks (1619 to 1641) through a series of lectures, events and international collaborations.
  
• - Abstract of an oral presentation at the 1996 AAS meeting.
  
• - Short explanation of Cook's mission, what he was trying to measure, and links to related web content.
  
• - Transcript of a radio show describing 18th century expeditions. Link to the audio.
  
• - Excerpt of a book by David Sellers (Leeds, England). Covers the history of trying to find the Earth-Sun distance and how planetary transits played a part in that.
  
• - Transits in the past and on June 8, 2004.
  
• - From an introductory astronomy course, describes expeditions which observed the 18th century transits.
  
• - Simon Newcomb's expedition to Wellington, South Africa.
  
• - New Zealand scientific information related to past transits and the upcoming transit. Extensive educational materials.