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Astrolabe

An astrolabe (Ancient Greek: ἀστρολάβος, romanized: astrolábos, lit. 'star-taker'; Arabic: ٱلأَسْطُرلاب, romanized: al-Asṭurlāb; Persian: ستاره‌یاب, romanized: Setāreyāb) is an astronomical instrument dating to ancient times. It serves as a star chart and physical model of the visible half-dome of the sky. Its various functions also make it an elaborate…

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related to Bibliography · 92
Astrolabe → Alessandro, Ancient Astronomy, Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, Ancient World, Arabic Science, Astralabe, Astrolabe According, Astrolabes, Astronomical Clocks, Atilla, Binghamton, Bir, Cambridge University Press, Carol Poster, Carolyn, Construction, Constructions, Continuum International Publishing Group, Critical, CS1
related to Further reading · 46
Astrolabe → Astronomy, Benaras, CE, December, Distributors, Dvivedi, Early History, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Museum, English, Exotic, February, For, History, In, India, Indian Astronomical Instruments, Indian Journal, Internet Archive, ISBN
related to External links · 37
Astrolabe → Alex BoxerA, Archive, Astrolabe Tech Made, Astrolabes, AstrolabesFully, Basic Construction, Beginner's Guide, Creative Commons, ESOPrintable, Hello World, Howard Covitz's Presentation, HTML5, Ignite Phoenix, Includes, Interactive, James, John Krieger, June, Licensed, Lyncean Education
related to Medieval era · 22
Astrolabe → AH, Albatenius, Arabic, Astrolabes, CE, De Motu Stellarum, Eighth-century, Fazari, In, Islamic, It, Kitab, Latin, Mecca, Muhammad, Muslim, Plato Tiburtinus, Qibla, Salat, Sufi
related to Ancient era · 17
Astrolabe → Alexandria, Almagest, An, Emilie Savage-Smith, Hellenistic, Hipparchus, However, Hypatia, Hypatia's, In, Lewis, Ptolemy, Synesius, Tetrabiblos, The, Theon, Theon's
related to Astrolabes and clocks · 13
Astrolabe → Christaan, Dutch, For, In, Klauuw, Ludwig Oechslin, Many, Mechanical, Prague, Richard, Swiss, Ulysse Nardin, Wallingford's
has application · 11
Astrolabe → Arabia, At, In, Islam, Islamic, Mecca, Muslims, Ramadan, Raḥmān, The, These
related to Construction · 8
Astrolabe → Above, An, Arabic, Latin, Some, The, There, These
related to Etymology · 8
Astrolabe → Arabic, English, Greek, In, In Arabic, Islamic, Latin, The Oxford English Dictionary
see also · 5
Astrolabe → Astronomy, Danfrie, Islamic, Planetarium Jena, PlanetariumList

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