n confirmed the record that second transit of Venus, on December 5, 1882, for is from the Illustrated London News, and the accom- clouds hid the planet during the time when the obser- no star existed in that particular spot, would be re- panying particulars from the London Graphic. The ported as a… … the locality of the zodiacal fact, there is no other pos- A JET-PROPELLED STEAM LIFEBOAT. stars upon charts which sible way of accomplishing give an accurate picture the task. of the parts of the sky that they depict, and which will A paddle vessel in such a service is, of course, out of…
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