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Mittagsfernrohr

English translation: Meridian telescope

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German term or phrase:	Mittagsfernrohr
English translation:	Meridian telescope
Entered by:	Marc Heinitz

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21:48 Oct 12, 2005

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Science - Astronomy & Space / Observatories

German term or phrase: Mittagsfernrohr

hi,
in a lsit of exhibition objects:

Objekte:
Horizontalsonnenuhr ca. 1700, Äquatorialsonnenuhr 1750, Klappsonnenuhr 1770 (Replika), Äquatorialsonnenuhr 1808
Chronograph
Mittagsfernrohr

"Eines der wichtigsten astronomischen Messinstrumente im 19. Jahrhundert war das sogenannte Mittagsfernrohr. Ein Mittagsfernrohr wird genau nach Süden zum Meridian ausgerichtet."

thx for any help
MH

Marc Heinitz KudoZ activity Questions: 112 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 22 Germany
Local time: 06:44

Meridian telescope

Explanation:
says this bilingual website

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Note added at 2 hrs 46 mins (2005-10-13 00:34:54 GMT)
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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)

Selected response from:

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 06:44

Grading comment

thx to Christine as well....Brie was just quicker

good luck

MH
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Summary of answers provided

Meridian telescope

Brie Vernier

meridian (circle) telescope

Christine Lam

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

41 mins confidence:

meridian (circle) telescope

Explanation:

the result was the 19th century's most accurate method of measuring star positions.
... Olcott Meridian Circle Telescope in Dudley Observatory in Albany, ...
www.dudleyobservatory.org/Artifacts/artifacts_meridian.htm - 11k

Christine Lam
Canada
Local time: 00:44
Native speaker of:

German