THE TRANSIT OF VENUS.
Mr J. Stone, M.A., Radcliffe Observer at Oxford University, and who was appointed to organise plans for the transit of Venus m 1882, is combining the various observations made on that occasion with a view to their early publication. Mr Stone calculates the distance of the earth from the sun as 92,560,000 miles, wilh an uncertainty of a quarter of a million of miles.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1639, 18 August 1887, Page 2
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68THE TRANSIT OF VENUS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1639, 18 August 1887, Page 2
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