Astrolabe Catalogue

 

Date 20th century
Place Persia (?)
Material Brass
Inventory no. 54545
Acquisition Presented by J. A. Billmeir in 1957

Rule, Regula, Pointer and Alidade Images

Alidade Image:

astrolabe part (photo)

Alidade

Appearance Tip Sights Pinholes Notches Description
Double-ended,  original.  Simple Rigid Single None This rule contains a number of scales, though they are rarely intelligible..
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