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A spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy, c. 1480, most likely Syria or Egypt, in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

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Spherical Astrolabe  wikidata:Q55867036 reasonator:Q55867036
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Signed by Musa
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Title
English: Spherical astrolabe
Nederlands: Islamitisch sferisch astrolabium
Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Sfera astrolyabiyasi
Hrvatski: Sferni astrolab nastao u srednjevjekovnoj islamskoj astronomiji.
Français : Astrolabe sphérique (885H/1480-81)
Русский: Сферическая астролябия
Object type astrolabe Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy, c. 1480, in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford[1]
Date 885H/1480-81
Medium brass and silver Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions diameter: 90 mm (3.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2386,+90U174789
institution QS:P195,Q6941088
Accession number
1962-25
Place of creation Persis Edit this at Wikidata
References http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/49687 Edit this at Wikidata

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English: A spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy, c. 1480, most likely Syria or Egypt, in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Source Islamic Instrumentation - A Spherical Astrolabe
Author Brian from Glasgow, Scotland
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  1. ↑ David C. Lindberg; Michael H. Shank (7 October 2013) The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 2, Medieval Science, Cambridge University Press, p. 173 Retrieved on 15 May 2018. ISBN: 978-1-316-02547-5.

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current21:10, 29 December 2009Thumbnail for version as of 21:10, 29 December 2009960 × 1,280 (195 KB)KJG2007 (talk | contribs)Image rotated to vertikal (hopefully)
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