Rev. Charles Grover - Transit of Venus, 1882
Rev. Charles Grover - Transit of Venus, 1882
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, 1993
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M 2837
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a. 189 p.
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Microfilm : M 2837. See contents list (2pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, Vol. 22.
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Notes and recollections of Grover on his journey to Australia on the Liguria to observe the Transit of Venus in 1882. He comments on such matters as the transportation of the portable observatory, Sydney in 1882, impressions of Australia, the condition of the Aborigines, voyage to Brisbane on the Katoomba, Macalister Station in the Darling Downs, s...
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Rev. Charles Grover - Transit of Venus, 1882
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Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
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Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2837
Microfilm. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 1993. 1...
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Charles Grover (1840-1921), astronomer, was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire
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M 2837
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9arp0kZn
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432923
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