Astrolabe: A Beautiful, Mysterious And Sophisticated Computer Of The Ancient World
AncientPages.com | July 2, 2016
AncientPages.com - It is fair to say it is an instrument with a past and future. The astrolabe is not merely a beautiful ancient object.
It is also sophisticated very old astronomical computer especially created for solving problems relating to time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky.
In most cases the astrolabes were made of brass and had a 6 inch diameter. Some of the objects were much larger.
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