Transit of Venus of 1874 : Voyage to Thebes, Egypt - Abney - Great Britain

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Short paragraph on the observations made by the English astronomers in 1874, especially the one made by Abney in Thebes and the one made by colonel Tennant in Roorkee.
from:
Illustrated London News, 12 décembre 1874.
in english.
© Chuck Bueter, transitofvenus.org..


Transit of Venus of 1874, Louxor, Thebes, Egypt.
Negative on plate.
© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

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