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ALTHOUGH the astrolabe has found some support among surveyors, it has not been widely used by British astronomers. An extensive account in English of the practical use of the modern astrolabe has recently been published by Mme. Chandon and M. Gougenheim in the Hydrographic Review (12, No. 1). This account contains full details of the working and practical operation of various modifications of the astrolabe, and should be studied by all who are interested in the accurate determination of position. It may be hoped that this paper will stimulate astronomers to devise a means of eliminating personal equation from the astrolabe, so that the instrument may eventually compete with the transit circle in the accurate determination of longitude.
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Use of the Astrolabe. Nature 136, 1023 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/1361023d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1361023d0