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The transit of Venus

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The equatorial telescope for Station B set up in Greenwich Park.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: H5491
Description: The equatorial telescope and regulator assembled in the portable wooden hut taken on the Transit of Venus expeditions in 1874. Before setting out, the huts and apparatus were assembled in Greenwich Park. This one, as the stamps across the hut show, was destined for Station B in the Sandwich Islands.
Creator: unknown
Date: 1874
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London. Cambridge University Library
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