Ingress of Venus and 'Black drop' effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Howland Great Dock 'Boyle' etc

'Boyle' etc

including two moving a stone slab in foreground and figures watching the structure's progress from the south bank of River Thames

View of Wych Street

16th October 1980

and by the time Nash handed the company on to his successsor

Ingress of Venus and 'Black drop' effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Howland Great Dock 'Boyle' etcTwo views of the teardrop effect observed during transit, as Venus is near the solar edge, but also positioned well inside the solar disc. With two additional views of Venus outside the solar disc, at 'first presage' and at ingress ['the appearance of the black notch]. Four figures of the event seen by Hirst using a 2 foot long reflecting telescope to x55 magnification. Not signed. The illustrations correspond to figures 1 2 and 5 6 [although here in