RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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265	Miscellaneous astronomical papers
266	Miscellaneous astronomical papers
267	Correspondence on transit of Venus
268	Correspondence on transit of Venus
269	Correspondence on transit of Venus
270	Correspondence on transit of Venus
271	Correspondence on transit of Venus
272	Correspondence on transit of Venus
273	Correspondence on transit of Venus
274	Correspondence on transit of Venus
275	Papers on transit of Venus
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Papers of George Airy

Title	Papers on transit of Venus
Reference	RGO 6/280 (former reference: E5/14)
Covering Dates	1857–1877
Extent and Medium	1 box

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Printed papers on the transits of Venus, 1874 and 1882, including newspaper and magazine articles, Royal Astronomical Society 'Monthly Notices' and government notices. The authors of the papers include W. De La Rue, G. Forbes, J.R. Hind, Lord Lindsay, Colonel Tennant, R.A. Proctor, Airy and many others. The papers also include diagrams of the positions of the observing stations.

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Rue, Warren De La (1815-1889) chemist and astronomer

Forbes, James David (1809-1868) natural philosopher

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Lindsay, James Ludovic (1847-1913) 26th Earl of Crawford

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