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. A square glass plate negative of Transit of Venus taken at Honolulu in 1874 with one exposure of the planet Venus crossing the Sun's limb. Three paper labels are stuck onto the glass in three of the corners, giving details of the photograph and the
1874
National Maritime Museum

. A square glass plate negative of Transit of Venus taken at Luxor in 1874 with one exposure of the planet Venus crossing the Sun's limb. Scratched onto the glass near the lower edge reads '1874 Luxor 10h - 29m - 59.8s G.S.T. no 3'. Guidel
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National Maritime Museum

. A square glass plate negative of Transit of Venus taken at Luxor, Egypt in 1874 with one exposure of the planet Venus crossing the Sun's limb. There is a paper label stuck onto the edge of glass giving details of the photograph. The edges of the gl
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National Maritime Museum

. A square glass plate negative of Transit of Venus taken at Rourkee in India in 1874 with one exposure of the planet Venus crossing the Sun's limb. Scratched onto the glass across the Sun's disc and along the top corner of the glass negative r
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National Maritime Museum

. Circular glass plate negative with 60 exposures of what appears to be Venus crossing the Sun's limb with a number scratched on the glass every tenth. The diameter of the glass plate is 255mm. It consists of a circular negative in glass wooden fra
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National Maritime Museum

. Eyepiece
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. Eyepiece lid?
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. Eyepiece part?
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. Eyepieces from the Cook Equatorial No 2 telescope, used on one of the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874. Eight equatorial telescopes were bought by the Royal Observatory Greenwich for these expeditions - two new telescopes by Simms, two new telescope
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National Maritime Museum

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. Glass negative of Transit of Venus site, 1874, including several observing sheds. Two paper labels stuck seperately onto top corners of glass negative give details of the photograph including the date. Top left hand corner of the negative is broken and
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. Glass negative of Transit of Venus site, 1874, including transit observatory, altazimuth, small transit instrument and two observers. Square, with two paper labels stuck onto glass negative, one gives details of the photograph, including the date. negat
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. Glass negative of Transit of Venus, 1874. Circular negative in square wooden frame. 48 exposures of the planet Venus crossing the Sun's limb with number scratched onto the glass every tenth. Paper label stuck into the centre gives details of the ph
1874
National Maritime Museum

. Glass negative of Transit of Venus, 1874. Square. with one exposure of the planet Venus crossing the Sun's limb. Paper label stuck onto glass negative gives details of the photograph.
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National Maritime Museum

Portable transit telescope. Portable telescope lens cap
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National Maritime Museum

Portable transit telescope. Portable telescope spirit level
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National Maritime Museum

Portable transit telescope. Portable telescope spring
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Portable transit telescope. Portable telescope stand
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National Maritime Museum

Portable transit telescope. This is a portable transit instrument similar, though simpler, in design to the transit instruments commissioned by the Royal Observatory for the transit of Venus expeditions of 1874. On the centre of the telescope is written &
1874
National Maritime Museum

. Circular glass plate negative with 44 exposures of what appears to be Venus crossing the Sun's limb. In fact all 44 images are the same and were made as test plates to check observers knew how to use the new 'revolver' invented by Jules
13 November 1874
National Maritime Museum

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