A model instrument: the making and the unmaking of a model of the Airy Transit Circle
The Airy Transit Circle defined the position of the Greenwich Prime Meridian for decades. A set of models depicting the celebrated instrument and its parts was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1855. After the exhibition, the models were transferred for display at the South Ke...
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| Language: | English |
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Science Museum, London
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Science Museum Group Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/browse/issue-13/a-model-instrument/ |