Transit Instrument Collection

Surveying (engraving)
5207125 Surveying (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Surveying. Illustration for Farrows Military Encyclopedia by Edwards Farrow (Published by the Author)

Sketches at the Royal Observatory, Cape Town (engraving)
1047576 Sketches at the Royal Observatory, Cape Town (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at the Royal Observatory, Cape Town)

Dr Livingstons Astronomical Observations, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (engraving)
1587410 Dr Livingstons Astronomical Observations, Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Views in Rodriguez Relating to the Transit of Venus (engraving)
1589406 Views in Rodriguez Relating to the Transit of Venus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Views in Rodriguez Relating to the Transit of Venus)

Transit instrument, Fernhill Observatory, Isle of Wight, UK. A transit instrument is used to measure the positions of celestial objects as they transit a pre-defined point

Observatory for 1874 transit of Venus. Instruments used by a British astronomical expedition to observe the Venus transit of 1874

Transit Instruments, Pais Observatory
Transit instruments were pivoted telescopes that allowed astronomers to time the passage of a star over the meridian (an imaginary line through the poles)

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