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21. The view from the Meridian Line in Somersham.
*The view from the Meridian Line in Somersham. The view from the Meridian Line in Somersham High Street, looking towards the church. A Meridian marker stone was erected here in 2000.
22. The Transit of Venus of 1874: the entrance to the cavern near Station C.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: the entrance to the cavern near Station C. A cave near Station C at Rodrigues, one of the five camps of the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874, organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
23. The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station E at Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station E at Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island. A glass negative showing the site of Station E at Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island. This was one of five camps of the Transit of Venus expeditions...
24. The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station B, Honolulu.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station B, Honolulu. The bathing tent and the sappers' cook-house at Station B at Honolulu. This was one of five camps used by astronomers on the Transit of Venus...
25. The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station A1 at Thebes.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station A1 at Thebes. The camp at Station A1 at Thebes in Egypt, one of the sites chosen for the observations of the Transit of Venus of 1874.
26. The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station C at Rodrigues.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station C at Rodrigues. Station C at Rodrigues was one of five observation camps of the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874, organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in...
27. The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station C at Rodrigues.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station C at Rodrigues. Part of Station C at Rodrigues, one of the five camps of the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874. These were organised by the Royal Observatory...
28. The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station C at Rodrigues.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: Station C at Rodrigues. Station C at Rodrigues was one of the five observation camps of the Transit of Venus expeditions organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 1874.
29. The Jubilee Marker at East Grinstead.
*The Jubilee Marker at East Grinstead. The Jubilee Meridian marker at East Court Mansion, East Grinstead. The marker reads - THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN, 0o NORTH, WEST, EAST, THIS STONE...
30. The huts for the photoheliographs set up in Greenwich Park.
*The huts for the photoheliographs set up in Greenwich Park. The huts for the photoheliographs were also set up in Greenwich Park before embarking on the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874.
 
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