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Record #168437:
Preparing for the Transit of Venus: then and now / William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter.
Title: | Preparing for the Transit of Venus: then and now / William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter. |
Author(s): | Carter, William E. Carter, Merri Sue. |
Date: | 2004. |
In: | Eos : transactions, American Geophysical Union. (2004.), Vol. 85(21) (2004) |
Abstract: | Brief history of efforts to observe Transits of Venus since 1761, including description of Newcomb's photographic heliostat used on Iles Kerguelen. |
Notes: | Eos : transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 85(21) :209, 213 (2004). |
Keywords: | 5(091) -- History of science. 52 -- Astronomy. 521.84 -- Transits of planets: 1874 Transit of Venus. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1874-75 US Transit of Venus Expedition. V -- History. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*78) -- Sub-Antarctic islands. (*784.2) -- Kerguelen, Iles. |
SPRI record no.: | 168437 |
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