Photograph of the photoheliograph used in Japan for the French Transit of Venus Expedition 1874

Made:: 1874 in Paris

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1876-1015

Materials:: paper

type:: black-and-white prints (photographs), astronomical instruments and photoheliographs

credit:: Meudon Observatory

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Photograph of the photoheliograph used in Japan for the French Transit of Venus Expedition 1874

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