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Astronomical Experiment on the Peak of Teneriffe, Carried Out Under the Sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. From the Philosophical Transactions - Part II for 1858

Charles Piazzi Smyth British, born Italy
James Basire British
1850s
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  • Title: Astronomical Experiment on the Peak of Teneriffe, Carried Out Under the Sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. From the Philosophical Transactions - Part II for 1858
  • Artist: Charles Piazzi Smyth (British (born Italy), Naples 1819–1900 Ripon, Yorkshire)
  • Artist: James Basire (British, 1796–1869)
  • Date: 1850s
  • Medium: Albumen silver print and lithographs
  • Classification: Periodicals
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.629.12
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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