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Re: Astrolabes. was facing Mecca
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2009 Oct 03, 18:25 +0200
From: Nicol�s de Hilster
Date: 2009 Oct 03, 18:25 +0200
George Huxtable wrote: > John Huth asked about astrolabes. > ... > Still available as a remaindered book is "Astrolabes at Greenwich", at �30, > compared with its original price of �116, from > www.psbooks.com.uk. > > The Museum for the History of Science in Oxford has made its complete > collection of astrolabes, (the most complete one there is) available as > high-quality images, showing complete details. > > A useful website is "Keith's astrolabes" at > http://www.autodidacts.f2s.com/astro/ which includes a working model you can > drive around. > > Another is James E Morrison's website at > http://www.astrolabes.org/astrolab.htm . > > George > I would like to add to George's list another two works that are quite useful in understanding the astrolabe: Lamprey, J., /Hartmann's Praktika, A Manual for making Sundials and Astrolabes with the Compass and Rule, Written from 1518 to 1528 by Georg Hartmann,/ (Bellvue, 2002) Lamprey, J., Gunella, A., /Stoeffler's Elucidatio, The Construction and Use of the Astrolabe 'Elucidatio Fabricae Ususque Astrolabii'/, (Cheyenne, 2007) Then of course there are two works covering the collection of astrolabes at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago: Webster, R., Webster, M., /Western Astrolabes, Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Volume I/, (Chicago, 1998) Webster, R., Webster, M., /Eastern Astrolabes, Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Volume II/, (Chicago, 2009) NavList members might also be interested with the following work as it deals with the mariner's astrolabe: Stimson, A., /The Mariner's Astrolabe, A Survey of Known, Surviving Sea Astrolabes/, (Utrecht, 1988) Nicol�s --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList+@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---