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    An astrolabe (Greek: ἀστρολάβος astrolábos, 'star-taker'; Arabic: ٱلأَسْطُرلاب al-Asṭurlāb; Persian: ستاره‌یاب Setāreyāb) is an astronomical instrument...
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    The mariner's astrolabe, also called sea astrolabe, was an inclinometer used to determine the latitude of a ship at sea by measuring the sun's noon altitude...
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  • astrolabe (as the word is used from the medieval period through today) is the name of a specific astronomical instrument. Prior to that, "astrolabe"...
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    astronomical instrument called astrolabe. It is also the title of a Sanskrit treatise on the construction and working of the astrolabe composed by a Jain astronomer...
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  • The Barcelona astrolabe is the oldest astrolabe with Carolingian characters that has survived in the Christian Occident. The French researcher Marcel...
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    A Treatise on the Astrolabe is a medieval instruction manual on the astrolabe by Geoffrey Chaucer. It was completed in 1391. It describes both the form...
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    An armillary sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (on the celestial sphere), consisting...
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  • The Verona astrolabe is an archaeological discovery unearthed in the vaults of a museum in Verona, Italy. Dating back to the eleventh century, this Islamic...
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    The Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is a medieval astrolabe believed to date from 1388, and which was found in an archaeological dig at the House of Agnes...
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  • United States Navy have been named Astrolabe Bay. Navy records explain the name as a "bay in Alaska" but Astrolabe Bay fails to appear on contemporary...
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  • name Astrolabe, after the instrument astrolabe Astrolabe (1781) of La Pérouse (1781), a converted fluyt Boussole (1782) was briefly named Astrolabe in 1785...
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    prestigious objective. The two ships, Astrolabe and Zélée were prepared for the voyage at Toulon. The Astrolabe was commanded by Dumont d'Urville, and...
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  • The Astrolabe Company (German: Astrolabe-Compagnie) was a German "colonial society" (Kolonialgesellschaft) in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, which existed from 1891...
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    coast of Astrolabe Bay. Astrolabe Bay Rural LLG Naval Base Alexishafen Astrolabe Bay pngaa.org Astrolabe Bay pacificwrecks.com UN Navy Astrolabe Bay v t...
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  • Lusi, Malalamai Tuam linkage: Gitua, Mutu Vitiaz linkage Bel family Astrolabe (East Bel) linkage: Awad Bing, Mindiri, Wab Nuclear Bel (West Bel) linkage:...
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    zone stuff". tz (Mailing list). "Astrolabe, Inc. v. Olson et al". 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011. "ASTROLABE, INC., Plaintiff, v. ARTHUR DAVID...
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  • 37°33′37″S 176°23′47″E / 37.56039°S 176.396466°E / -37.56039; 176.396466 Astrolabe Reef is near Mōtītī Island, 20 kilometres NE of Tauranga, off the Bay...
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    Astrolabe was originally a horse-transport barge converted into an exploration ship of the French Navy. Originally named Coquille, she is famous for her...
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  • Astrolabe Lake (formerly Green Lake) is a lake in the township of Whitewater Region, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Astrolabe Lake is where, in 1867...
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  • Astrolabe Needle (64°8′S 62°36′W / 64.133°S 62.600°W / -64.133; -62.600) is a conspicuous monolith rising 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level south...
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    He also wrote a treatise on the construction and use of a universal astrolabe. Peregrinus' text on the magnet is entitled in many of the manuscripts...
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    development, the spherical astrolabe, of which only one complete instrument, from the 14th century, has survived. Brass astrolabes were an invention of Late...
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    construction of an equatorium in Latin Europe. Campanus' instrument resembled an astrolabe, with several interchangeable plates within a mater. The best manuscripts...
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    Astrolabe Park is a 9.17-hectare (23-acre) public park in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Astrolabe Park is located south-east...
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    work. Al-Farghani's treatise on the astrolabe provides the mathematical basis for the construction of the astrolabe, along with tables containing thousands...
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    freighter hull by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington. Originally Astrolabe Bay (AVG-60), she was reclassified ACV-60 on 20 August 1942 and launched...
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    the astrolabe was effectively an analog computer capable of working out several different kinds of problems in spherical astronomy. An astrolabe incorporating...
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    were derived from astrolabes. The quadrant condensed the workings of the astrolabe into an area one fourth the size of the astrolabe face; it was essentially...
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  • Astrolabe Subglacial Basin is a subglacial basin to the south of the Adélie Coast and east of Porpoise Subglacial Highlands, trending north–south and...
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    The Great Astrolabe Reef is in Fiji and surrounds the fourth largest island, Kadavu Island, which is approximately 65 km in length. Kadavu Island is approximately...
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