The Observatory for the Transit of 'Venus' at Shinagawa [Tokyo]. Photographer: Unknown
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View of the open-sided wooden building, with a mixed group of Japanese and Europeans posed in front for the photographer: 'The Transit was observed at Tokei from a temporary observatory erected at Shinagawa, a suburb of Yedo. The observers were Messrs. Scharbau, Klasen and Cheeseman, and the ins...