sentences:  In 1908 he transferred to the Maritime Observatory in Trieste (now the "Istituto Talassografico di Trieste" or ITT), then in 1912 to the Bureau of Geodesy ("Gradmessungsbüro") in Vienna.During World War I he was head of the meteorological service for the Isonzo Army of Austria-Hungary.In 1921 he became Chief Astronomer at the new Geodetic Survey of Austria ("Bureau of Weights, Measures and Surveying" or "Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen").