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- Author: Jessica Ratcliff
- Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
- ISBN-10: 0822966441
- ISBN-13: 9780822966449
- Format: 14.6 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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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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- Author: Jessica Ratcliff
- Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
- ISBN-10: 0822966441
- ISBN-13: 9780822966449
- Format: 14.6 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm, softcover
- Language: English 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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