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The Transit of Venus, 1874

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THIS volume, recently published under the authority of the Treasury, contains the official account of observations of the last transit of Venus, by the five expeditions organised at the public expense and the reduction of the observations.

Account of Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1874, December 8, made under the Authority of the British Government.

Edited by Sir George Biddell Airy, Astronomer-Royal.

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The Transit of Venus, 1874. Nature 26, 102–103 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026102a0

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