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           First observation of the transit of Venus by William Crabtree in 1639. Photogravure from an old etching.  | 
        
        
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           "Essays in astronomy" - D. Appleton & company, 1900 ( w:LCCN 00004435)  | 
        
        
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           Original painting by  Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893)  | 
        
        
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