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Horary quadrant
The quadrant, fitted with sights, is set for latitude 43° (corresponding to the belt including Tuscany, Umbria, and the northern part of Lazio). The front carries a shadow square, hour lines and a "Tabula Solis motus" (Table of the motion of the Sun) indicating the Sun's entrance into [...]
Creator
- Girolamo della Volpaia
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Quadrant
- quadrants (measuring devices)
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/
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 1570
- 1570
- 1570
- 1570
- 1570
Places
- Florence
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:403049
Extent
- 336x336 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Medici collections
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/GirolamoVolpaia.html
Year
- 1570
Providing country
- Italy