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Transit Theodolite work_title Transit Theodolite Title false
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Playfair, John, Professor (b.1748, d.1819) work_creator_details Playfair, John, Professor (b.1748, d.1819) Creator false
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Creator:
Troughton, Edward (b.1753, d.1835) work_creator_details Troughton, Edward (b.1753, d.1835) Creator false
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Date:
1806 work_display_date 1806 Date false
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As the inscription records, this handsome instrument, made by the London firm of Edward Troughton in 1806, was presented to Professor John Playfair of the University of Edinburgh by his senior mathematical students. Playfair bequeathed it to the Astronomical Institution, forerunner of the Royal Observatory, who subsequently transferred it to the Royal Museum. During its time in the Observatory, Charles Piazzi Smyth took it on his pioneering high altitude astronomy expedition to Tenerife. A theodolite is an instrument for measuring vertical and horizontal angles by means of a telescope mounted on an axis made vertical with levelling screws. Circular graduated plates measure the angles through which the telescope rotates. In a transit theodolite the telescope can be completely rotated about its horizontal axis. work_description As the inscription records, this handsome instrument, made by the London firm of Edward Troughton in 1806, was presented to Professor John Playfair of the University of Edinburgh by his senior mathematical students. Playfair bequeathed it to the Astronomical Institution, forerunner of the Royal Observatory, who subsequently transferred it to the Royal Museum. During its time in the Observatory, Charles Piazzi Smyth took it on his pioneering high altitude astronomy expedition to Tenerife. A theodolite is an instrument for measuring vertical and horizontal angles by means of a telescope mounted on an axis made vertical with levelling screws. Circular graduated plates measure the angles through which the telescope rotates. In a transit theodolite the telescope can be completely rotated about its horizontal axis. Description false
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Edinburgh University Library Photography Department repro_creator_name Edinburgh University Library Photography Department Repro Creator Name false
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Courtesy of The Trustees of The National Museums of Scotland repro_rights_statement Courtesy of The Trustees of The National Museums of Scotland Repro Rights Statement false
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16/07/2003 11:38:00 repro_capture_date 16/07/2003 11:38:00 Repro Capture Date false

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