equatorial mounting
Britishnoun
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The mechanical parts of this great telescope are by Warner and Swasey of Cleveland, after the well-known equatorial mounting of the Melbourne reflector by Grubb of Dublin.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David Peck Todd
He therefore made a special provision that $1000 extra, to be repaid by him, should be expended in making a rough equatorial mounting in which he could test the instrument.
From The Reminiscences of an Astronomer by Simon Newcomb
Fig. 44 shows such a telescope, or rather two telescopes, one photographic, the other visual, supported side by side upon the same equatorial mounting.
From A Text-Book of Astronomy by George C. Comstock
No part of the equatorial mounting is shown in the figure, as it resembles in every respect the usual Fraunhofer mounting.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
He invented the transit instrument, mural circle, equatorial mounting for telescopes, and most of the other principal instruments now in use in observatories.
From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge
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