Keith F. Lynch ) wrote:
I learned of this upcoming transit in a 19th century astronomy book
that I own. Of all the people who know about the transit, I wonder
if I'm the one who learned it from the oldest source.

Eric Chomko wrote:
Sounds like an interesting book, what is the title and who is the
author?

Manual of Astronomy, a Text-Book by Charles A. Young, Ph.D., LL.D.
Published by Ginn and Company, 1902.

Ok, that's not quite the 19th century, though it is more than a
hundred years ago. However, the text is clearly older, as it mentions
"the present century" meaning the 19th, and refers to events in the
1890s in the future tense.

I found a biography of the author online. He was a "professor of
Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy" from 1856 until his
death in 1908.
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