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Astrolabe
Attributed to Johann Anton Linden
circa 1583; Heilbronn
Gilt brass; 170 mm in diameter

This instrument is neither signed nor dated, but the close resemblance to an astrolabe by Johann Anton Linden of Heilbronn in Germany in the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford (Epact 28988) suggests this date and maker.

Besides the usual features of an astrolabe this instrument has on the back two different horary quadrants made for the same latitudes as the plates.

British Museum, London
Registration no. MLA 1888,12-1.279

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