RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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275	Papers on transit of Venus
276	Photographs regarding transit of Venus
277	Correspondence on transit of Venus
278	Correspondence on transit of Venus
279	Correspondence on transit of Venus
280	Papers on transit of Venus
281	Papers on transit of Venus
282	Memoirs on transit of Venus
283	Correspondence on transit of Venus
284	Correspondence of Railway Gauge Commission
285	Interview minutes of Railway Gauge Commission
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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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