THE TRANSIT OF VENUS.
To the Editor. Sir. —The following occurs in Proctor’s " Sun —“ Sir John Berschel has said that the recent correction in the value of the Sun’s parallax corresponds to the apparent breadth of a human hair at 12511, or of a sovereign at eight miles off.” I imagine Professor Peters to have been incorrectly reported; perhaps he used the simile about the sovereign and was imperfectly heard.—l am, &0., ' Jlunfcdia, January 12.|
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Evening Star, Issue 3709, 12 January 1875, Page 3
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75THE TRANSIT OF VENUS. Evening Star, Issue 3709, 12 January 1875, Page 3
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