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Armillary sphere
Small brass armillary sphere on a turned wooden stand. The sphere is geocentric and the Earth is represented by a small boxwood sphere. The horizon circle and the meridian are graduated. The sphere also carries the zodiac signs.
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Armillary sphere
- armillary spheres
Medium
- brass
- Brass
- brass (alloy)
Providing institution
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 17th cent.
- 16XX
- 1700
- 1601
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:407031
Extent
- sphere diameter 70 mm, height 150 mm, width 95 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/indepth/AltazimuthCoordinates.html
Year
- 1601
- 1700
Providing country
- Italy