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Twelve inch portable astronomical quadrant, 1760-1769. This portable astronomical quadrant was made in London by the famous English instrument maker John Bird (1709-1776). It was sent with one of the expeditions dispatched by the Royal Society to measure the 1769 transit of Venus. Captain Cook (1728-1779), who observed the event from Tahiti on his first voyage to the South Pacific (1778-81), may have even used this particular instrument.
Location
Science Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART394922
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2481px × 3504px
Photo Credit
SSPL/Science Museum / Art Resource, NY
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18th century CE
Astronomy
Cook, Captain James (1728-1779)
English
Quadrant
Venus, Planet