Heliotrope for the 1874 Dutch expedition on Reunion

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From the three heliotropes taken to Reunion two were identical. The instrumentmakers made also tight fit boxes as the heliotropes had a long journey to cover.

Leiden Observatory Instrumentmakers, Leiden, 1873

Museum Boerhaave V11904

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