An Ottoman Astrolabe Full of Surprises

David A. King

A chapter in From Alexandria, Through Baghdad, 2014, pp 329-342 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Recently a set of plates from an 11th-century Andalusi astrolabe has been discovered inside an Ottoman Turkish astrolabe from ca. 1700. Most of these plates conform to the tradition represented by some fourteen surviving Andalusi astrolabes from the 11th century. One of the plates, however, serves the latitude 16;30° south of the Equator, and this feature, not attested on any known astrolabe (Byzantine, Islamic or European), raises a number of intriguing questions.

Keywords: Magnetic Compass; Photo Courtesy; Astronomical Instrument; Kandilli Observatory; Altitude Scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36736-6_17

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