Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9125
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Mr A. J. Parks observations of the transit of Venus
Date
1892
Object type
Library reference
R65564
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 270mm
width (print): 270mm
Subject
Content object
space
> Solar system
> Sun
space
> Solar system
> planet
> Venus
space
> Solar system
> planet
> Earth
> Solar system
> Sun
space
> Solar system
> planet
> Venus
space
> Solar system
> planet
> Earth
Description
Mr A. J. Parks observations of ‘ingress shewing blue colour of planet and tremulous shading’ during the transit of Venus, 9 December 1874. Illustration from Observations of the transit of Venus, by H C Russell (Sydney, 1892).
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