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MODIFIED ENGLISH MOUNTING [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
CONT

... the frame of the English mounting can be reduced to a single beam, with the telescope pivoted at one side and a counterweight at the other; This, the modified English mounting, is a halfway stage between the English and the German types [of telescope mountings].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
CONT

Plusieurs instruments [télescopes] récents (...) ont reçu (...) une monture anglaise simple (...) L'axe horaire est une longue poutre terminée par deux tourillons; il porte, non loin de son milieu, une douille dans laquelle tourne l'axe de déclinaison, dont une extrémité est fixée au tube; à l'autre extrémité est un contrepoids.

Spanish

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