The Italian astronomers' bungalow at Muddapur, India, 1874
Object notes Associations The Italian expedition to India in
1874 set up camp with a number of tents for the observing
instruments. The astronomers themselves lived in this
"bungalow". Image from Pietro Tacchini, Il passagio di Venere
sul Sole...osservato a Muddapur nel Bengala (Palermo, 1875).
Object contributed by Huxley Scientific Press