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Camp Brooklyn, Santa Cruz, Patagonia, December 16, 1882, Hand-Tinted Photograph OHA 111 Bell Collection | Micrometer, Photographic Jaw micrometer. Unsigned. Transferred from the U.S. Naval Observatory. This is one of eight identical instruments made for the eight American parties sent to observe the Transit of Venus in 1874. M... | Refracting telescope by Josef Fraunhofer , used to observe the 1874 and 1882 transits (on the right) This refracting telescope (Inventory-Number CIf10) was aquired by the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon (Dresden, Germany) from Bergrath Gehlen of Leipzig in 1823. It was taken on German expedition... |
William Bell's Department of State Introduction, August 31, 1882 - back of document OHA 111 Bell Collection This image was assembled from multiple scans. | William Bell's Department of State Introduction, August 31, 1882 - inside of document OHA 111 Bell Collection Only marked section of document scanned. | William Bell's Department to State Introduction, August 31, 1882 - front of document OHA 111 Bell Collection This document has been assembled from multiple scans. |
William Bell's Letter of Appointment as Transit of Venus Photographer for the U.S. Navy, August 21, 1882 - page 1 OHA 111 Bell Collection | William Bell's Letter of Appointment as Transit of Venus Photographer for the U.S. Navy, August 21, 1882 - page 2 OHA 111 Bell Collection |
