Monthly Notices, 20-98, tells that in 1859, an amateur astronomer named Dr. Lescarbault, of Orgeres, France, announced that he had seen, on March 26 of that year, “a body of planetary size cross the sun.” He contacted the astronomer Leverrier (discoverer of the planet Neptune), who cross-examined him, to his satisfaction, and called this body “Vulcan.” … [Read more...] about Leverrier and Vulcan
Leverrier
Leverrier and Vulcan
Monthly Notices, 20-98, tells that in 1859, an amateur astronomer named Dr. Lescarbault, of Orgeres, France, announced that he had seen, on March 26 of that year, “a body of planetary size cross the sun.” He contacted the astronomer Leverrier (discoverer of the planet Neptune), who cross-examined him, to his satisfaction, and called this body “Vulcan.” … [Read more...] about Leverrier and Vulcan