The Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
The Observatory was built at the suggestion of Dr Thomas Hornsby, the Savilian Professor of Astronomy, after he had used his room in the Bodleian Tower to observe the transit of Venus across the sun's disc in 1769. The transit was a notable event which helped to produce greatly improved measurements for nautical navigation.
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about-gtc/history-and-architecture/the-r...
The Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
The Observatory was built at the suggestion of Dr Thomas Hornsby, the Savilian Professor of Astronomy, after he had used his room in the Bodleian Tower to observe the transit of Venus across the sun's disc in 1769. The transit was a notable event which helped to produce greatly improved measurements for nautical navigation.
www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about-gtc/history-and-architecture/the-r...