Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Mittagsfernrohr
English translation:
Meridian telescope
Added to glossary by
Marc Heinitz
Oct 12, 2005 21:48
18 yrs ago
German term
Mittagsfernrohr
German to English
Science
Astronomy & Space
Observatories
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
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
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Meridian telescope |
Brie Vernier
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| 3 | meridian (circle) telescope |
Christine Lam
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Proposed translations
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Brie Vernier
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Meridian telescope
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)
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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)
Reference:
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thx to Christine as well....Brie was just quicker
good luck
MH"
41 mins
meridian (circle) telescope
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
Discussion
thx
MH