Photograph of transit instrument

Made:: 1876 in Chatham and Kent

Photograph of transit instrument, used in the Transit of Venus Expedition 1874

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1876-1007

Materials:: paper

type:: photograph and transit instrument

credit:: School of Military Engineering (Chatham)

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Photograph of transit instrument

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