A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > New Castle http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=641 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=47566 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Times Democrat Article Date: April 16 1897 Article Description: Death of Astrononer J. G. Jackson of Hockessin, Delaware Article Text: John G. Jackson of Hockessin, Del., who died recently at age of 80 years, was well known all over Delaware as a surveyor, civil engineer and astronomer. In 1838, with the aid of the best tables of the planet Venus then accessible, he made the needed calculations for the projection of the transit of that planet across the suns disc to occur in 1882, 45 years thereafter. This had last been observed in the United States by David Rittenhouse in 1769. In 1882 he observed the transit of Venus, co-operating with other astronomers and being assisted by Professor Harkness of the Washington Naval Observatory , who was then president of the trannsit commission. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com