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Plane astrolabe
This astrolabe has three tympanums, two of which are made for latitudes 41° and 43° (Naples, Pisa) and 45° and 48° (Piacenza, Bavaria, and Vienna) respectively. The third tympanum carries: (1) on the front, a geographic planisphere, with equator, the tropics, and the names of the continents; (2) on [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Astronomy
- astronomy
Type of item
- Astrolabe
- astrolabes
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
- 1568
- 1568
- 1568
- 1568
- 1568
Places
- Italian
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:403029
Extent
- diameter 250 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Viviani collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/JuanDeRojasSarmiento.html
Year
- 1568
Providing country
- Italy