Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy, founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1899)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911. Celestial motions · Boston, Little, Brown and company · leaf 428
< H OinW P* OH > n ow ou o H w•J < wQ ►J O p*w wXH ^ I •&k 5 •8 5 Telescopes and Houses for Them 369 tial vault is already known, one complete meridianobservation provides the means of finding the latitudeof the observatory, and the local time ; or conversely,if these elements have… … AUTOMATIC DIVIDING-ENGINE{For graduating circles. Built by Secretan of Paris) tion, as technically called. Meridian instruments ofhigh precision and excellent workmanship are con-structed in America as well as in Europe. Buff &Berger of Boston, Saegmuller of Washington, andWarner & Swasey…
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