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transit circle
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transit circle1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
In 1681 he took up his duties as astronomer at Copenhagen, and built the first transit circle on a window-sill of his house.
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He constructed the first modern transit circle, and his instruments were used in many of the chief observatories of the world.
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If he could not get such an instrument, he measured the positions of the stars with a transit circle.
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The transit circle took the place both of the old transit instrument and of the mural circle.
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For many years the instruments in regular use were two only, the transit circle and the altazimuth.
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