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The Transit of Venus Enterprise in Victorian Britain (Paperback)
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9780822966449
Published: 28th June 2021
Casemate UK Academic
Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9780822966449
Published: 28th June 2021
Casemate UK Academic
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In the nineteenth century, the British Government spent money measuring the distance between the earth and the sun using observations of the transit of Venus. This book presents a narrative of the two Victorian transit programmes. It draws out their cultural significance and explores the nature of "big science" in late-Victorian Britain.
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