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Definition of Solar telescope
1. Noun. A telescope designed to make observations of the sun.
Definition of Solar telescope
1. Noun. (astronomy) A telescope designed to make observations of the sun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Telescope
Literary usage of Solar telescope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie (1897)
"If not, correct half the movement by the adjusting screws at the base of the
polar axis, and the other half bv moving the solar telescope on its horizontal ..."
2. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie (1897)
"The telescope, called the "solar telescope," can thus be moved in altitude and
azimuth. It is provided with shade. glasses to subdue the glare of the sun, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on Surveying by Frederick Eugene Turneaure, American Technical Society, American School of Correspondence (1909)
"If now the two lines of Bight are parallel and the solar telescope is revolved
upon its polar axis, it is evident that its lino of .sight will describe a ..."
4. A Treatise on Surveying: Comprising the Theory and the Practice by William Mitchell Gillespie (1897)
"The telescope, called the " solar telescope," can thus be moved in altitude and
azimuth. It is provided with shade. glasses to subdue the glare of the sun, ..."
5. A Manual of Field Astronomy by Andrew Hall Holt (1916)
"23, page 85—the solar telescope is replaced by a small lens and a silver screen
on which the sun's image may be thrown, thus defining a line of sight to the ..."
6. A Treatise on Plane Surveying by Daniel Carhart (1893)
"The telescope, called the " solar telescope," can thus be moved in altitude and
... Two pointers, attached to the solar telescope to approximately set the ..."