"Eines der wichtigsten astronomischen Messinstrumente im 19. Jahrhundert war das sogenannte Mittagsfernrohr. Ein Mittagsfernrohr wird genau nach Süden zum Meridian ausgerichtet."
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 46 mins (2005-10-13 00:34:54 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
that particular website is no shining example of translation at work, but there are a lot of other Googles for "meridian telescope" (both capitalized and not)
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 46 mins (2005-10-13 00:34:54 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
that particular website is no shining example of translation at work, but there are a lot of other Googles for "meridian telescope" (both capitalized and not)