Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 1678 (A.H. 1089)
Place Turkey
Material Brass
Inventory no. 43559
Acquisition Presented by Lewis Evans in 1924
There are 4 plates with latitudes ranging from 21°0' to 43°0' .

Latitude 21°0'

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عرض كعب شريف ٢١ Latitude of the noble Kaba (Mecca), 21° Latitude
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Latitude N/A

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Latitude 36°0'

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عرض موسل ٣٦ Latitude of Mosul, 36° Latitude
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Latitude 41°0'

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عرض اسون ٤١ Latitude Aswan, 41° Latitude
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Latitude 38°0'

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عرض دياربكر ٣٨ Latitude Diarbekr, 38° Latitude
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Latitude 39°0'

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عرض ارضروم ٣٩ Latitude Erzerum, 39° Latitude
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Latitude 42°0'

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عرض ادرن ٤٢ Latitude Adrianople, 42° Latitude
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Latitude 43°0'

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عرض طربوزون ٤٣ Latitude of Trebizond, 43° Latitude
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