Photograph of the 8 inch equatorial used in Japan for the French Transit of Venus Expedition 1874

Made:: 1874 in Paris and France

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1876-1016

Materials:: paper

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

credit:: Meudon Observatory

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Photograph of the 8 inch equatorial used in Japan for the French Transit of Venus Expedition 1874

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