Venus transit model by W. Boosman, used for the 1874 Dutch expedition to Reunion

Object notes   Associations

Frederik Kaiser, the director of the Leiden Observatory, had two models of the Venus transit made. These were used for training the observers, especially when Venus is entering the sun.

Willem Boosman, Amsterdam, 1873

Museum Boerhaave V13814 & V13841

Related Objects

• Achromatic refractor telescope by Utzschneider und Fraunhofer, used for the 1874 transit on Reunion by a Dutch expedition
• Plate measuring machine by Repsold & Sohne, used for the 1874 Dutch expedition at Reunion
• Heliometer by G & S Merz, used in the 1874 Dutch expedition on Reunion
• Heliotrope used by the 1874 Dutch expedition on Reunion
• Heliotrope for the 1874 Dutch expedition on Reunion
• Heliotrope from the Leiden Observatory for the 1874 Dutch expedition to Reunion
• Micrometer by Troughton and Simms, used by the 1874 Dutch expedition on Reunion
• Astronomical pendulum by Utzschneider und Fraunhofer, used by the 1874 Dutch expedition on Reunion

Source

Object contributed by Museum Boerhaave