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"Meridian circles are tools of science, state and empire. In addition to
being used for astronomical observations, the by-products of the
observations made also had more utilitarian purposes applicable to
trade, transportation, industry, and the expansion of empires. While
meridian circles were created with the aim of producing spatial and
temporal uniformity, observatories adopted different assemblies and
configurations for their instruments. This issue brings together for the
first time a variety of contributions to explore the material and social
history of meridian circles."

https://journals.openedition.org/cahierscfv/3790


Another edition of the same journal is "Between Sky and Sea.
Observatories for the teaching of astronomy, maritime sciences and the
time service, in France and in Europe, from the end of the 18th to the
beginning of the 20th century: institutions, practices and cultures."

https://journals.openedition.org/cahierscfv/2467

French time signals: the quest for a uniform system

Time reporting systems to ships in French ports in the 1880s

On the teaching and dissemination of instruments for reflection at the
end of the eighteenth century

(Perhaps the auto-translation could have more gracefully said
"reflection instruments" instead of "instruments for reflection.")

--
Paul Hirose
sofajpl.com

   

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