Ramsden, Jesse, 1735 - 1800 (optician and mechanician)
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Ramsden's circle at Palermo, 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/181
Scope and Contents
Description by Giuseppe Piazzi of the circle made by Jesse Ramsden for the Observatory at Palermo, translated from the Italian by Margaret Maskelyne from Piazzi's, 'Della Specola Astronomica de' Regi Studi di Palermo', Libro II, capo Primo, p. 15 et seq.1. General idea of the instrument.2. Vertical axis.3. The azimuth circle.4. Supports of the vertical axis.5. The iron circles.6. The circle of mahogany. 7. The railing.8....
Dates:
1805
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