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写しゃ真しん天てん頂ちょう筒とうは、かつて国こく際さい的てきな緯い度ど観かん測そくに用もちいられた。

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写しゃ真しん天てん頂ちょう筒とう

photographic zenith tube

かつて

once; before; formerly; ever

adverb, no-adjective

国こく際さい的てき

international; global; cosmopolitan

adnominal form of the copula (after a na-adjective or noun)

観かん測そく

observation; survey; measurement

noun, suru verb

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

use; make use of; utilize

-> 用いるichidan verb

passive, potential, or respect auxiliary

-> れる/られるgrammar

past tense or completed action