Autore: Luigi
Data: 11-11-03 10:17
A proposito di Le Gentil (che sfiga...)
"In March 1760, Le Gentil went on ship to sail from Brest on an expedition to observe the transit of Venus of June, 1761. British-French war prevented him from reaching his destination in Pondicherri, India, so that he missed the transit. He decided to prolong his journey until the next transit of Venus in 1769. After visiting numerous places in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, eventually he was ordered to return to Pondicherri, India for observing that event, but on the day of transit, June 3, 1769, the sky clouded over just for the duration of this phenomenon, so that Le Gentil also missed his second chance. His colleagues, who had stayed in Manila, Philippines, had an uninterupted view of the event."
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