Professor Liversidge's observations of the transit of Venus Finish:10-pack and an 'Inverted Wilk Snail'

and an 'Inverted Wilk Snail' ('Bucchicochlea')

was a continuing scandal throughout the mid-Victorian period

Paget's hands are crossed and in the right he holds a small volume bound in blue leather with gilt edges and tooling

'Probably The Next Absurdity'

Found in the collection of the Biblioteca Nacional

Professor Liversidge's observations of the transit of Venus Finish:10-pack and an 'Inverted Wilk Snail'Professor Liversidge's observations of the processes of egress and illumination on planet during the transit of Venus, 9 December 1874. Illustration from Observations of the transit of Venus, by H C Russell (Sydney, 1892). Original: lithograph . 1892