Excerpt from The Astronomical Register, Vol. 13 Mr. Brett: Mr. President, now that the disc of Venus has been seen, I believe, on the corona in broad daylight, perhaps the Fellows of the Society will not persist in denying that it is possible to see the corona in daylight, because you could not have seen the disc upon the corona without seeing the corona. About a year ago, when I ventured to say that the corona could be seen in broad daylight, this Society laughed. (laughter). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.