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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The transits of Venus of 1874 and 1882 narrated by a 19th century astronomer
The following is an excerpt from pages 142-162 of the book "The Story of the Heavens" by Sir
Robert Stawell Ball
, published in 1886.
"Fig. 42. Venus on the Sun at the Transit of 1874." (Original caption from pag. 147 of
The Story of the Heavens
, 2nd Edition, by R. S. Ball, 1886.)
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