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Transit of Venus Photography

France · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1874

Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen9 December 1874

Japan · Science / Astronomy

Janssen uses his photographic revolver during the transit of Venus to record a rapid sequence of solar images.

Names involved

Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen

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