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    An astrolabe (Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolábos, 'star-taker'; Arabic: ٱلأَسْطُرلاب al-Asṭurlāb; Persian: ستاره‌یاب Setāreyāb) is an astronomical instrument...
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    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...
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  • An astrolabe (as the word is used from the medieval period through today) is the name of a specific astronomical instrument. Another meaning are a type...
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  • Thumbnail for A Treatise on the Astrolabe
    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...
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  • The Barcelona astrolabe is the oldest astrolabe with Carolingian characters that has survived in the Christian Occident. The French researcher Marcel...
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    Yantraraja (redirect from Indian_astrolabe)
    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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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant
    The Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is a medieval astrolabe believed to date from 1388, and which was found in an archaeological dig at the House of Agnes...
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  • Thumbnail for French ship Astrolabe (1811)
    Astrolabe was originally a horse-transport barge converted into an exploration ship of the French Navy. Originally named Coquille, she is famous for her...
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    zone stuff". tz (Mailing list). "Astrolabe, Inc. v. Olson et al". 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011. "ASTROLABE, INC., Plaintiff, v. ARTHUR DAVID...
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