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English Astronomer - Observed Transit of Venus
AIRY, George B. (1801-1892). Royal English Astronomer from 1836 who in 1874 conducted expeditions to observe the transit of Venus. Uncommon autograph letter signed, 2 pages, Flamsteed House, Greenwich, 7 February 1853, To Lady Parker, offering his congratulations on the forthcoming marriage of her second daughter to Archibald Smith, “a very good fellow.” Smith was a mathematician and author of A Graphic Method of Correcting the Deviations of a Ship’s compass (1855) and related works. I fine condition..................$225.00
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