Boat astrolabe (IMAGE)

University of Sharjah

Boat astrolabe

Caption

Al-Biruni’s full Discussion of All Possible ways to construct an Astrolabe, figure for the “boat astrolabe”, and discussion of the hypothesis of a rotating earth.

Credit

Leiden University Libraries

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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