1874 Wood Engraving Art Transit Venus Astronomer Royal Expedition Science YTG8 XGRC6 interesting pieces provide valuable glimpses

interesting pieces provide valuable glimpses into many of designs

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" This is an original 1898 halftone print of three Japanese schoolgirls from a photograph by Byrne & Co

This is an original 1911 black and white halftone print of an excavation that took place at Kom-El-Ahmar in Africa

1874 Wood Engraving Art Transit Venus Astronomer Royal Expedition Science YTG8 XGRC6 interesting pieces provide valuable glimpses"The Preparations for Observing the Transit of Venus" This is an original 1874 black and white in text wood engraving of illustrations that depict the photo heliograph huts, the "Lee" equatorial observatory, the transit and azimuth huts for stations A, C, and D, and a group portrait of some members of the Astronomer Royal Expedition that observed the Transit of Venus on December 9, 1874 during the Victorian era. CONDITION This 139+ year old Item is