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1761

Afbeelding van den weg der planeet Venus Nicholas Ypey, 1761. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. A beautiful drawing of the transit of Venus of 1761, by Nicholas Ypey. Although the coronal detail on the sun is not actually observable, the path of the transit is accurately depicted.
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