File:JeremiahHorrocks.jpg

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Description	English: The first observed Transit of the Planet Venus predicted & observed by Jeremiah Horrocks, 24th November 1639. Portrait held in the collection of Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery Chorley and the property of Chorley Council.
Date	1903
Source	http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2705523
Author	William Richard Lavender
Permission ( Reusing this file)	Public Domain - Copyright expired

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Transit of Venus

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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time	13:09, 5 June 2012
Colour space	Uncalibrated
Image height	400 px
Image width	284 px
Date and time of digitizing	15:08, 5 June 2012
Date metadata was last modified	15:09, 5 June 2012

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