Excerpt from The Astronomical Register, Vol. 14 We scarcely expected that a new edition of this valuable work would have been so soon required; and we think with its author, that the welcome extended to it may be taken as evidence of a remarkable increase during the last few years of interest in scientific subjects. For those who have not seen the first edition, we may state that the volume con tains five chapters I. Transits of the seventeenth century II. Transit of 1761 III. Transit of 1769 IV. Transits and their conditions; V. Transits of 1874 and 1882. There are six tables, twenty plates, and forty-four woodcuts praise of all which is now superfluous. 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.