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Definition of Heliometer
1. Noun. An instrument used to measure the angular separation of two stars that are too far apart to be included in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
Definition of Heliometer
1. n. An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
Definition of Heliometer
1. Noun. An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies. ¹
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Definition of Heliometer
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Literary usage of Heliometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1900)
"BESSEL found, however, that this was by no means the case with the Konigsberg
heliometer: for the difference of the resulting values was sometimes as great ..."
2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1861)
"... of Jupiter s Satellites observed with the Telescope of the heliometer, ...
to complete the adjustment of the half-object-glasses of the heliometer, ..."
3. Elements of Astronomy by Robert Stawell Ball (1886)
"The heliometer.—Another instrument which is used for the purpose of measuring
the diameter of the sun is termed the heliometer, and is founded upon quite a ..."
4. A Cyclopædia of the Physical Sciences: Comprising Acoustics, Astronomy by John Pringle Nichol (1860)
"palpable, we present the reader with a view of the heliometer at Oxford, constructed
by the Mechanician of Hamburg, and at present und« the management of ..."
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