Meridian Transits.
Meridian Transits.
Meridian Transits.

 

Code Number: 8A05.65

Demo Title: Meridian Transit - Theodolite

Condition: Theory

Area of Study: Constellations

Equipment: 

Meridian Transits and Theodolite.

Procedure:

The theodolite and the transit are usually in the Van Allen main entrance display case.

References:

  • Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "Astronomical Transit", AJP, Vol. 80, #7, July 2012, p. 620.
  • "Theodolite", Pike's Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific & Medical Instruments, 1984, p. 80.
  • "Pike's Improved Theodolite", Pike's Illustrated Catalogue of Scientific & Medical Instruments, Pike's Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, 1984, p. 343.
  • Carole Stott and David W. Hughes, "The Amateur's Small Transit Instrument of the Nineteenth Century", Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, #1, Mar. 1987, p. 30.
  • The Queen Catalogues Vol. II, Catalogue of Astronomical Telescopes, The Transit Instrument, p. 23.
  • The Queen Catalogues Vol. II, Catalogue of Astronomical Telescopes, Transit, p. 143.