The expedition sailed from England on 26 August 1768, rounded Cape Horn and continued westward across the Pacific to arrive at Tahiti on 13 April 1769, where the observations of the Venus Transit were made.

* 2004 – The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

* December 11, 2117: Transit of Venus.

* December 8, 2125: Transit of Venus.

* May 24 – The Transit of Venus occurs, the last before optical filters allowed astronomers to observe them.

* May 26 – A Transit of Venus occurs.

* November 24 – Transit of Venus – the last not to be part of a pair.

He wrote three novels – The Fifth String, Pipetown Sandy, and The Transit of Venus – as well as a full-length autobiography, Marching Along and a great number of articles and letters-to-the-editor on a variety of subjects.

An early scientific duty assigned to the Observatory was the U. S. contribution to the definition of the Astronomical Unit, or the AU, which defines a standard mean distance between the Sun and the Earth, conducted under the auspices of the Congressionally funded U. S. Transit of Venus Commission.

* Transit of Venus

The obsession of the undiscovered continent culminated in the brain of Alexander Dalrymple, the brilliant and erratic hydrographer who was nominated by the Royal Society to command the Transit of Venus expedition to Tahiti in 1769.

* March 17 – Transit of Venus from Uranus

* October 29 – Transit of Venus from Uranus.

Category: Transit of Venus

Josephine would inspire Crosby's next collection of poems which he dedicated to her, titled Transit of Venus.

Caresse published a boxed set of Harry's work titled Collected poems of Harry Crosby containing Chariot of the Sun with D. H. Lawrence's intro, Transit of Venus with T. S. Eliot's intro, Sleeping Together with Stuart Gilbert's intro and Torchbearer in 1931.

* Transit of Venus.

* Transit of Venus.

Commented on by one of the solar scientists during the NASA Edge Live Broadcast of the Transit of Venus, June 5, 2012.

Henry died on 13 May 1878, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in the Georgetown section of northwest Washington, D. C. John Phillips Sousa wrote the Transit of Venus March for the unveiling of the Joseph Henry statue in front of the Smithsonian Castle.

In 1761, Mason was assigned to travel to the island of Sumatra to observe the Transit of Venus as part of an international effort to record data that would enable scientists to determine the distance from the earth to the sun.

Category: Transit of Venus

Transit of Venus was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company and recorded by the BBC.

An opera version of Transit of Venus premiered at Manitoba Opera in 2007.

After agreeing to the deal, Mayflower Transit trucks were dispatched to the team's Maryland training complex on March 29, 1984 in the early morning, where workers loaded all of the team's belongings and the trucks left for Indianapolis with the Colts completely gone from Baltimore by midday.

* March 24 – The Mayor of New York, Van Wyck, breaks ground for a new underground " Rapid Transit Railroad " that will link Manhattan with Brooklyn.

On March 18, 2010, the Canada Post and Ford Motor Company announced that the Canada Post would purchase a fleet of Ford Transit Connect vans.

On March 17, 2008, after 15 years as Triangle Transit Authority, the Board of Trustees changed the agency's name and logo to Triangle Transit.

For Costa Rican historiography the war is divided into three parts: The First Campaign ( March – April 1856 ), The Second Campaign or Transit Campaign ( October 1856 – May 1857 ), and The Third Campaign ( August – December 1857 )

On March 27, 1948, the Chicago Transit Authority ( who had just bought out the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in 1947 ) discontinued service over the Niles Center Branch and replaced it with the # 97 Skokie bus service.

A Ford Transit Wrecker ( 1140 ) in the livery of ' Corgi 24 Hour Service ' was issued in March 1981 followed by the Ford Transit Milk float ( 405 ) in February 1982 which carried the period slogan ' Milk's Gotta Lotta Bottle '.

In March 1968, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ( WMATA ) board approved its Adopted Regional System ( ARS ) which included the Green Line from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt.

" In March 1968, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ( WMATA ) board approved its Adopted Regional System ( ARS ) which included the Yellow Line from Franconia and Blacklick Road ( in Springfield ) to Greenbelt.

In March 2007, the City of Toronto and the TTC released the Transit City proposal to begin a new round of transit expansion using light rail technology on dedicated rights-of-way instead of subway technology.

In March 2009, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ( WMATA ) began operating a DC Circulator bus route connecting the center of Adams Morgan with both Metro stations.

In 1974, the NFTA purchased the street transportation rights from a number of other agencies, starting with the Niagara Falls Municipal Transit System on September 8, 1974, D & F ( Dunkirk and Fredonia ) Transit on September 15, T-NT ( Tonawanda-North Tonawanda ) Transit on October 7, Lockport Bus Lines on March 15, 1975, and Grand Island Transit on April 20, 1975.

On 21 March 1993, the Joondalup railway line came into operation as part of the Northern Suburbs Transit System, resulting in the creation of the 449 and 457 services to replace the 387 service.

* Transit of Venus March, an 1883 march by John Philip Sousa

Transit of Mercury on March 22nd 1894 simulated by the Stellarium ( computer program ) | Stellarium

The Waikiki Aquarium was established on March 19, 1904 by the Honolulu Rapid Transit Authority, a forerunner of the present-day TheBus.

In 1869, the Beach Pneumatic Transit Company of New York secretly constructed a 95 m long, 2. 7 m diameter pneumatic subway line under Broadway, to demonstrate the possibilities of the new transport mode.

The highest elevation, approximately 150 feet ( 50 m ) above sea level, is found at two areas next to the NJ Transit passenger rail line just east of Hammonton.

The R44 was introduced for the B Division under the idea from New York City Transit that a train of eight cars would be more efficient than one of ten 60-foot ( 18. 29 m ) cars.

* 0. 45 m ROTSE IIIa, Robotic Optical Transit Search Experiment ( UNSW )

Dundas West subway station predates GO Transit, and its only entrance is on Dundas Street, so passengers connecting to Bloor station must walk for some 200 m along Dundas and Bloor Streets.

In July 2007, Auckland City Council commissioners gave approval to widening the approach motorway for the bridge through Onehunga Bay, but opposed the new interchange design north of the bridge as favoured by Transit, which intended to construct it around 7 m high over Gloucester Park and the Hopua volcanic tuff ring.

Line P Express a. m. offers nonstop service between the Palo Alto Transit Center and the Stanford Oval.

Line P Express p. m. offers nonstop service between the Palo Alto Transit Center and the Stanford Oval.

Research Park ( RP ): The Stanford Research Park shuttle runs to and from the Palo Alto Transit Center to the businesses along Page Mill Road, Porter Drive, Hillview Avenue, Arastradero Road, and Deer Creek Road during the commute times, 6: 28 a. m. to 9: 52 a. m. and again from 3: 45 p. m. to 7: 58 p. m., Monday through Friday ( except university holidays ) with departures every 20 – 40 minutes.

Between 7: 20 a. m. and 9: 25 a. m., the Line X Limited a. m. shuttle provides supplemental service during the morning peak commute from Palo Alto Transit Center to Y2E2 via the Medical Center.

Between 4: 00 p. m. and 6: 48 p. m., the Line X Limited p. m. shuttle provides supplemental service during the afternoon peak commute from Serra Street ( at Campus Drive ) to the Palo Alto Transit Center.

Between 7: 20 a. m. and 9: 22 a. m., the Line Y Limited a. m. shuttle provides supplemental service during the morning peak commute from Palo Alto Transit Center to the Alumni Center and Serra Street.

Between 3: 54 p. m. and 6: 48 p. m., the Line Y Limited p. m. shuttle provides supplemental service during the afternoon peak commute from Y2E2 to the Palo Alto Transit Center via the Medical Center.