Automation and Software of the Wanschaff Vertical Circle at Goloseevo

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The Wanschaff vertical circle, set up at Goloseevo in 1949 was built in 1914. The instrument was originally equiped with four visual microscopes for reading the circle, with a visual eyepiece micrometer, and with two levels for the determination of the inclination of the vertical axis. After the instrument had been installed in a new pavilion in 1972, the visual microscopes were replaced by photographic devices, and a semi-automatic machine for measuring the circle readings with output on punched tape was developed. In 1973,the eyepiece micrometer was equiped with a precision potentiometer of the type which together with an automatic voltmeter of the type the digitizer micrometer readings punches them on tape. The other information is punched on cards by the operator at the data desk.