Astrolabe Catalogue

 

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Tympan 3b
This plate is engraved with a table of horizons.

Circles

Type Labelled Style Notes
Equator Plain line.
Tropic of Cancer Plain line.
Tropic of Capricorn Plain line.

Lines

Type Labelled Description
Meridian line
Horizon rectus

Scales


Type Range & Units Numbered Geometry Location
Table of Horizons 31 - 84 Degrees Every line degrees n/a n/a
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