Passage de Venus by Pierre Jules César Janssen FR/JAP 1874

Passage de Venus

 

Passage de Venus is a series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874. They were taken in Japan by the French astronomer Pierre Janssen using his 'photographic revolver'.

1874 Pierre Jules César Janssen - Passage de Venus (practice disc ...

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Pierre Jules César Janssen (1824-1907) - http://www.ras.org.uk/library/about-the-library/73?task=view

The 1874 transit of Venus seen from Japan, by Pierre (Jules) Janssen