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Self
portrait of Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1847.
Original in Gunther MS 10, Museum for the History of Science, Oxford. Source: Warne - Smyth; Warner - Astronomers. |
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View
from La Caille's northen point. Sketch by C. Piazzi Smyth, 1842. This
sketch was made during Maclear's re-measurement of the Arc of the Meridian.
Courtesy of South African Library. Source: Moore |
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La
Caille's northern point at Castle Berg (Piketberg). A Granary in the
foreground.
Sketch by C. Piazzi Smyth, 1842. Courtesy of South African Library. Source: Moore: Warner - Smyth. |
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The
station on Sneeukop, Helderberg Mountain range. (Hottentot Holland Mountains)
Note the tent protecting transit instruments.
Sketch by C. Piazzi Smyth, 1842. Courtesy of Africana Museum, Johannesburg. Source: Moore |
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