Chronocinematograph
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Chronocinematograph is an
astronomical instrument consisting of a film camera, chronometer and chronograph.[1]: 15 [2]: 284–285 The device records images using a more precise timetable for observing an eclipse. It was invented in 1927 by a Polish astronomer, mathematician and geodesist Tadeusz Banachiewicz for observing total solar eclipses.[1]: 15 [2]: 284–285 During the same year, Banachiewcz used his device for solar observations in Lapland (Sweden), then in USA (1932) and Greece, Japan and Siberia (1936).[1]: 15 [2]
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The invention enhanced the precision for determining the time of an eclipse, due to more precisely timed photos of Baily's beads,[1]: 15 [2]: 284–285 and quantifying the duration of totality. This could not have been observed as closely as before due to the brightness of the sun.[1]: 15 [2]: 284–286
References
- ^ ISBN 83-921397-0-4. Archivedfrom the original on 2019-02-10.
- ^ from the original on 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2017-03-13.