Chronocinematograph

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]^: 286

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Zawada, Anna Karolina (2004). Observo ergo sum Tadeusz Banachiewicz 1882 - 1954 (PDF). Kraków: Museum of Jagiellonian University. pp. 15–16. ISBN 83-921397-0-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bujakiewicz-Korońska, Renata; Koroński, Jan (1016). "The life of Tadeusz Banachiewicz and his scientific activity" (PDF). Studia Historiae Scientiarum (15): 275–300. doi:10.4467/23921749SHS.16.011.6154. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

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[Observo-1] Zawada, Anna Karolina (2004). Observo ergo sum Tadeusz Banachiewicz 1882 - 1954 (PDF). Kraków: Museum of Jagiellonian University. pp. 15–16. ISBN 83-921397-0-4.

[TheLife-2] Bujakiewicz-Korońska, Renata; Koroński, Jan (1016). "The life of Tadeusz Banachiewicz and his scientific activity" (PDF). Studia Historiae Scientiarum (15): 275–300. doi:10.4467/23921749SHS.16.011.6154. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

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