Horrox

The league will not have title-sponsors but, with a TV deal already in place with ESPN, Horrox said: "We are building a family of commercial partners."

FA confident 'Super League' will not suffer financial meltdown Tony Leighton 2010

Horrox said: Our model is much different to the USA's.

FA confident 'Super League' will not suffer financial meltdown Tony Leighton 2010

We are indebted to Horrox for a description of the transit of 1639 -- the first that was ever observed of which there is any record; and were it not for the accuracy of his calculations, the occurrence of the phenomenon would have been unperceived, and no history of the conjunction would have been handed down to posterity.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

Horrox, who by a series of calculations, displaying a wonderfully accurate knowledge of mathematics, was enabled to predict the occurrence of the phenomenon on the very day, and almost at the hour it appeared, and of which he and his friend Crabtree were the only observers.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

These discoveries were made by Horrox before he attained the age of twenty years, and if his reputation had alone rested upon them his name would have been honourably associated with those who have attained to the highest eminence in astronomy.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

The elliptical form of her orbit had been discovered by Horrox, and her elements were computed with a certain degree of accuracy.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

Crabtree, who was an unbeliever in Lansberg, urged Horrox to discard the

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

Horrox having found it to be one minute twelve seconds.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

Having heard much praise bestowed upon the works of Lansberg, a Flemish astronomer, Horrox thought it would be to his advantage to procure a copy of his writings.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard

From his study of the Lansberg and Rudolphine Tables, Horrox arrived at the conclusion that a transit of Venus would occur on November 24, 1639.

The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Thomas Nathaniel Orchard