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Institutions of astronomical calculations; containing a survey of the solar system, ... With a description of two new pieces of mechanism for exhibiting artificial views of such transits. ... By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1773- Pictures
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Astronomy: a British and Egyptian party taking astronomical and photographic equipment through rocky terrain in Egypt in order to observe the transit of Venus. Wood engraving, 1874.
Date: 1874Reference: 46234i- Pictures
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Astronomy: British preparations in Rodrigues Island for observing the transit of Venus, 1874. Wood engraving after T. Sulman, 1874, after C.E. Burton and W.A. Moore.
Date: 1874Reference: 46235i- Books
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Institutions of astronomical calculations. Part II. Containing the astronomy and geography of transits, and the principles of calculation, illustrated and applied to the ensuing transit of Venus in 1769; with the construction and use of a transit globe for that purpose. Embellished with three large copper plates, and a map of the great South Sea. By B. Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1770?]- Pictures
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Astronomy: an observatory telescope, with an astronomer recording the transit of Venus. Engraving by James Basire.
Reference: 46262i