8A05.65 - Meridian Transit - Theodolite

Code Number:
8A05.65
Demo Title:
Meridian Transit - Theodolite
Condition:
Theory
Area of Study:
Constellations
Equipment:
Meridian Transits.
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.

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