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Box 1: RGO 150/1/1 - 1/2/2

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Transit Circle Books, including adjustment and collimation books, 1836 - 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 150/1
Scope and Contents A large set of books recording errors and adjustments of the Transit Circle. Includes: 2 volumes of Transit Circle adjustment books, 1836-1866 (on printed Forms No. 11 and 11*);8 volumes of 'Adjustment of Transit Circle in Zenith Distance', 1889-1931 (on printed Forms No. 20 and 20*);4 volumes of Zenith Points of Transit Circle Books, 1898-1921 (on printed Forms No. 23, 23* and 23**);3 volumes of readings of the Transit Micrometer for the...
Dates: 1836 - 1931
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