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Transit Circle, 19th Century

Inventory Number 89061


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.89061

Subject
Telescopes
Item type
Object
Makers
Beaufoy
Provenance
Royal Astronomical Society
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Glass
Object type
Telescope
Dimensions
Diameter: 815mm Height: 553mm Weight: 15.1kg
Inventory No
89061

Description

A large copper alloy transit circle used for tracking the position of stars as they cross the meridian. The transit circle would have been mounted so as to only rotate along one plane.