What’s on the back of an astrolabe? Astrolabes as supports for planetary calculators

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Authors
Falk, SLD
Editors
Dunn, Richard
Ackermann, Silke
Strano, Giorgio
Publication Date
2018-08-30
Journal Title
Heaven and Earth United: Instruments in Astrological Contexts
ISBN
9004362754
9789004362758
Publisher
Brill
Volume
6
Number
2
Pages
24-41
Type
Book chapter
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Falk, S. (2018). What’s on the back of an astrolabe? Astrolabes as supports for planetary calculators. In Dunn, Richard. Brill, Heaven and Earth United: Instruments in Astrological Contexts. [Book chapter]. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004381438_004
Abstract
Recognising that almost every culture has entertained the idea that the stars and planets influence the Earth and its inhabitants, Heaven and Earth Unitedexplores the ways in which scientific instruments have been used for astrological ...
Keywords
instruments, astronomy, astrology, astrolabe, equatorium
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004381438_004
This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.37960
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