Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date ca. 1686
Maker Johann Leonhardt Bommel
Place Nuremberg
Material Gilt brass
Inventory no. 35592
Acquisition Lent by Miss Ellen Willmott in 1924


Mater

The mater and limb are of other construction. The limb on this astrolabe is the ring of numbers on the face of the clock. Scales on the limb:
Type Range & Units Numbered Geometry Location
Equal hours 1 - 12 Times of day Every 1 hours Circular, concentric outer

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