

Passage of Venus
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Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pierre Jules César Janssen, invented the Photographic Revolver, which captured a series of images in a row. The device, automatic, produced images in a row without human intervention, being used to serve as photographic evidence of the passage of Venus before the Sun, in 1874.
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145 votes
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- silent film
- astronomy
- venus the planet
- 19th century
- science and technology
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Release dates
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- Premiere9 Dec 1874
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- Passage of Venus was released on 9 December 1874.
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- Passage of Venus (1874) was directed by P.J.C. Janssen.
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