Muddapur, India: the Italian expedition for the 1874 Venus transit

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Muddapur, India: the Italian expedition for the 1874 Venus transit

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Object notes Associations

The Italian astronomers' camp in Muddapur (Bengala).

(P. Tacchini: "Il passaggio di Venere sul Sole", Palermo, 1875)

Web links

Library of the Astronomy Department, Bologna

Related Objects

Refracting telescope by C.A. Steinheil, Munich 1856

Source

Object contributed by Museo della Specola, Department of Astronomy, Università di Bologna

Object 1 of 9 objects contributed by "MuseodellaSpecola,DepartmentofAstronomy,UniversitàdiBologna".

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