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Re: Stereographic Devices
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2010 Apr 15, 08:10 +0200
From: Wolfgang K�berer
Date: 2010 Apr 15, 08:10 +0200
George said: "Yes. The oldest instrument of all; the astrolabe uses a stereographic projection." That's true. But the astrolabe was never used to solve the navigational triangle. And the Mariner's Astrolabe - which was used in navigation, indeed - is not engraved with the stereographic projection. Wolfgang