Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1641 (A.H. 1051)
Maker Ibrāhīm ibn Sharaf ad-Dīn Ḥusain
Place Persia
Material Brass
Inventory no. 43148
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
There are 4 plates with latitudes ranging from 21°0' to 66°0' .

Latitude 37°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض لز Latitude 37° Latitude
ساعاته يد لب Hours 14h32m 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 يد ز Hours 14h 07m Hours of daylight
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Latitude 21°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض كا م Latitude 21° 40' Latitude
ساعته يج كب Hours 13h 22m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 38°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرصه لح Latitude 38° Latitude
ساعاته يد م Hours 14h40m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude N/A

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Tablet of horizons. This plate contains 1 scales of the following type(s): Table of Horizons More information

Latitude 66°0'

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This tympan is engraved with ecliptic coordinates. More information

Latitude 34°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض لد Latitude 34° Latitude
ساعاته يد يز Hours 14h17m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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Latitude 29°0'

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Transcription Translation Notes Type
عرض كط Latitude 29° Latitude
ساعسته يج نب Hours 13h 52m Hours of daylight
المشرق East Direction
المغرب West Direction
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