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TRAVELING-WIRE MICROMETER [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Astronomy
CONT

In the traveling-wire or impersonal micrometer, the observer continually turns a screw so as to keep a fine wire or web continually bisecting the moving star image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Astronomie
CONT

[En 1981] l'œil de l'observateur et le micromètre impersonnel sont remplacés par un dispositif automatique de poursuite de l'image stellaire comprenant deux chariots croisés mobiles, un analyseur d'image et un photomultiplicateur.

Spanish

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