William Rau & Capturing the Transit of Venus

William Rau & Capturing the Transit of Venus

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #052 - Reach for the Stars, part 3

Photography pioneer William Rau was tapped to be a photographer for the 1874 worldwide evaluation of the Transit of Venus, but most people involved in that venture would admit that photography was useless in capturing new information. 

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