Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1925
Maker Charles Frewen Jenkin
Place Oxford
Material Aluminium
Inventory no. 75059
There is one plate for latitude 51°0' .

Latitude 51°0'


This plate contains 3 scales of the following type(s): Declination Inscribed:
Transcription Translation Notes Type
LAT 51 1/2° Latitude
اول عص Beginning of the afternoon prayer This inscription is probably an error. If both these lines are for 27°, then this inscription should probably read "End of the afternoon prayer". Prayer name
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