- An
astrolabe (Gr****: ἀστρολάβος astrolábos, 'star-taker'; Arabic: ٱلأَسْطُرلاب al-Asṭurlāb; Persian: ستارهیاب Setāreyāb) is an
astronomical instrument...
- The mariner's
astrolabe, also
called sea
astrolabe, was an
inclinometer used to
determine the
latitude of a ship at sea by
measuring the sun's noon altitude...
- The
Barcelona astrolabe is the
oldest astrolabe with
Carolingian characters that has
survived in the
Christian Occident. The
French researcher Marcel...
- A
Treatise on the
Astrolabe is a
medieval instruction manual on the
astrolabe by
Geoffrey Chaucer. It was
completed in 1391. It
describes both the form...
-
astrolabe (as the word is used from the
medieval period through today) is the name of a
specific astronomical instrument.
Prior to that, "
astrolabe"...
- An
armillary sphere (variations are
known as
spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a
model of
objects in the sky (on the
celestial sphere), consisting...
-
astronomical instrument called astrolabe. It is also the
title of a
Sanskrit treatise on the
construction and
working of the
astrolabe composed by a Jain astronomer...
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prestigious objective. The two ships,
Astrolabe and Zélée were
prepared for the
voyage at Toulon. The
Astrolabe was
commanded by
Dumont d'Urville, and...
- The
Astrolabe Company (German:
Astrolabe-Compagnie) was a
German "colonial society" (Kolonialgesellschaft) in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland,
which existed from 1891...
- 37°33′37″S 176°23′47″E / 37.56039°S 176.396466°E / -37.56039; 176.396466
Astrolabe Reef is near Mōtītī Island, 20
kilometres NE of Tauranga, off the Bay...
