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This article describes a new method by which azimuth and the instantaneous latitude of a meridian-prime vertical-transit instrument can be determined absolutely in mid-and low- latitude areas, and discusses some experimental observations obtained on a remodeled ZEISS transit instrument. Requirements for the development of a new type of transit circle along the lines of this new method are also presented.
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Mao, Wei, et. al., 1983, Acta Astronomia Sinica, 24, 169. (English Translation in Chin. Astron. Astrophys. 8, 8).)
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Wei, M., Zhi-Ming, L., Yu, F., Shiao-Shun, H., Ming-Huei, D., Hua, L. (1986). A New Method of Determining Absolute Azimuth and Latitude and Suggestion for a New Type of Meridian Circle. In: Eichhorn, H.K., Leacock, R.J. (eds) Astrometric Techniques. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 109. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4676-7_69
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