Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 984/5 or 1003/4 (A.H. 374 or 394)
Maker Aḥmad and Muḥammad
Place Iṣfahān
Material Brass
Inventory no. 33767
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
There are 3 plates with latitudes ranging from 30°0' to 37°0' .

Latitude 30°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض ل Latitude 30° Latitude
ساعاته بج نح Hours 13h 58m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 32°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض لب Latitude 32° Latitude
ساعاته بد ح Hours 14h 08m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
طلوع الفجر ٍRising of the dawn Crepuscle
مغيب الشفق Setting of the twilight Crepuscle
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Latitude 32°0'

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Latitude 33°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض لج Latitude 33° Latitude
ساعاته لد بج Hours 14h 13m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
مغيب الشفق Setting of the twilight Crepuscle
طلوع الفجر Rising of the dawn Crepuscle
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Latitude 37°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض لز Latitude 37° Latitude
ساعاته بد لو Hours 14h 36m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude N/A

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This plate is engraved with a table of horizons. This plate contains 1 scales of the following type(s): Table of Horizons More information
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