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The Transit of Venus Enterprise in Victorian Britain

The Transit of Venus Enterprise in Victorian Britain

Paperback

Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century, Book 87

Sports GeneralAstronomy & SpaceBritish History

ISBN10: 0822966441
ISBN13: 9780822966449
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Dec 1 2020
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.75 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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