Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1 The Precedent: Transit of Venus Expeditions in 1761 and 1769
- 2 Big Science in Britain c. 1815–70
- 3 Noble Science, Noble Nation: The Establishment of Transit Programmes in Britain and Abroad
- 4 Inside Greenwich: The Preparations for 1874
- 5 The Expeditions
- 6 The Outcome
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: The Transit of 1882
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Notes
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1 The Precedent: Transit of Venus Expeditions in 1761 and 1769
- 2 Big Science in Britain c. 1815–70
- 3 Noble Science, Noble Nation: The Establishment of Transit Programmes in Britain and Abroad
- 4 Inside Greenwich: The Preparations for 1874
- 5 The Expeditions
- 6 The Outcome
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: The Transit of 1882
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Transit of Venus Enterprise in Victorian Britain , pp. 173 - 198Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014