Copy “of the Report by the Astronomer Royal, Sir G. B. Airy, K.C.B., on the Telescopic Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1874, made in the Expedition of the British Government, and on the Conclusion derived from those Observations.”

Name: Copy “of the Report by the Astronomer Royal, Sir G. B. Airy, K.C.B., on the Telescopic Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1874, made in the Expedition of the British Government, and on the Conclusion derived from those Observations.”
Author: Navy (Transit of Venus).

Book Description

First edition. Slim Folio. pp. 33, [1]; 6 plates of diagrams; minor spotting and marginal age-toning, else good in stitched self-wrappers.

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The 1874 transit of Venus was observed by several British expeditions based in Egypt (Thebes, Suez), Hawaii (headed by Captain Tupman, in Honolulu, and others at Waimea on Kauai), Rodriguez in the Indian Ocean, “Kerguelen’s Land” (led by the Jesuit priest S. J. Perry), and New Zealand. After a brief introduction, Airy’s report offers observations in the forms of tables and diagrams from each of the observing stations. The report is uncommon, with only six copies listed by OCLC.

Author Navy (Transit of Venus).

Date 16 July 1877

Binding Self-wrappers

Publisher [London:] House of Commons

Condition See description

Pages 33, [1]

Price: £150.00

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Copy “of the Report by the Astronomer Royal, Sir G. B. Airy, K.C.B., on the Telescopic Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1874, made in the Expedition of the British Government, and on the Conclusion derived from those Observations.”

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