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Re: Astrolabe. was: [NAV-L] The point of it all
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2006 Jun 29, 09:33 -0600
From: Ken Muldrew
Date: 2006 Jun 29, 09:33 -0600
On 29 Jun 2006 at 10:49, George Huxtable wrote: > This may not help much, I'm afraid, but many years ago I bought a > plastic astrolabe about 6 inches diameter, quite cheaply. This has all the > features of the brass instrument, and was more usable and precise than many > of those, with stars printed on a transparent plastic disc (unavailable to > the ancients). It came in a wallet with a little booklet "The Astrolabe" by > its designer, Harold N Saunders, who was then (1971) at St Merryn, Stratton > Road, Bude Cornwall EX23 8AG. That was quite a long time ago now, and it > seems that his astrolabe is no longer sold James E. Morrison sells inexpensive laminated astrolabes, customized to your latitude, along with a booklet explaining the device. I have one and have found it very useful for understanding the uses of an astrolabe. His website also offers a lot of useful information as well as an electronic version of an astrolabe. You can find it at: http://www.astrolabes.org/ Ken Muldrew.
