Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 25
d dollars. Eight stations are to be occupied,—three north-ern and five southern. The northern stations are longitude of the places determined, and every prep-aration thoroughly made. Other nations, especially England, Russia andGermany, have made extensive preparations forobserving the transit,… … near Pekin, Yeddo, and a place in the neighbor-hood of the Caspian Sea. The southern stationsare upon the island of Mauritius; KerguelansLand; Hobart Town, southern part of Australia;some point in New Zealand ; and Chatham Islands,east of New Zealand. These stations are occupied several months…
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