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Meridian circle built by Paul Gautier
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Photographer unknown
Identifier
EB 154
Date
undated
Type
Image
Format
Amber tint
Repository
Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA
Collection
Margot Einstein and Helen Dukas collection on Albert Einstein
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Permission to use this image must be requested from the Institute's Archives. Please contact archives@ias.edu.
Description
This meridian circle (also called: transit-circle or transit telescope), which is an astronomical instrument used for taking measurements relating to stars, was built for Brazil's Observatório Nacional at the end of the nineteenth century by the celebrated French maker of scientific instruments, Paul Gautier.
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