Double-mirror heliotrope (Spiegelkreutz-heliotrop) for geodetic work
- Made:
- 1822
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Double-mirror heliotrope (Spiegelkreutz-heliotrop) for geodetic work, designed and used by C.F. Gauss on the Altona-Hanover arc of meridian 1820 - 1825. By Rumpf.
Details
- Category:
- Surveying
- Object Number:
- 1914-376
- type:
- heliotrope
- credit:
- Astronomer Royal (Royal Observatory, Greenwich)
