| 单词 | astrolabe |
| 例句 | The governess was always getting muddled with her astrolabe, and when she got specially muddled she would take it out of the Wart by rapping his knuckles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll leave you all your treasure,” Leo said, “except the stuff that belongs to us, and the astrolabe, and this book, which we’ll take back to the dude in Venice.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Anyway, Odysseus never got the astrolabe to work. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The astrolabes were often inscribed with Arabic numerals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He remembered the old bronze astrolabe he’d picked up in Bologna—the one the dwarfs told him Odysseus had made. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Just as the astrolabe embodies the medieval application of mathematics to the heavens, the sector embodies the new technical skills of the mathematician applying himself to the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After all, it was the home of Odysseus, the dude who had constructed the astrolabe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He didn’t really have time, but he unlocked Groucho’s middle drawer and stared at the two precious objects inside: a bronze astrolabe he’d picked up in Bologna, and a fist-sized chunk of crystal from Ogygia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Over in the bow, Leo whistled happily as he tinkered with Festus’s mechanical brain, muttering something about a crystal and an astrolabe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The astrolabe was humming away, the crystal pulsing like a neon heart. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Leo wasn’t sure why he wanted the astrolabe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Can I fix that astrolabe, then, Uncle? Are your joints swelling up again?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Monks discovered that the astrolabe, an Arabic invention, was a handy tool for keeping track of time in the evening, helping them keep their prayers on schedule. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Leo checked the ancient bronze astrolabe, which was now fitted with the crystal from Ogygia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Besides, the dwarfs had told him the astrolabe didn’t work. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One was an old bronze navigation device, like an astrolabe from a ship. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The painter's father specialised in astrolabes and clocks, and their motions are echoed in Barocci's compositions, with figures placed around the pictures like the numerals on a dial. Federico Barocci: divinity in the details 2013-02-16T09:01:00Z In the same year, one of the prizes taken from the King of Oudh’s palace, when Lucknow was stormed, was a fine 17th-century Persian astrolabe, also on display. Special Report: Asian Art: How Maritime Routes Led to Cultural Exchanges 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z Scientific devices include an astrolabe and a brass cantaloupe-size globe that shines like gold. The Met Explores an Islamic Dynasty’s All-Embracing Big Tent 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “Children can hold an astrolabe and maneuver and point at a star, and a constellation will appear,” said Shaika Nasser al Nassr, deputy director of curatorial affairs for the museum. In Qatar, a Museum Looks Back at the Breadth of Islam 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The museum begins with them as well, mounting models of some of the sun-oriented stones of Stonehenge, displaying sundials, explaining astrolabes. Museum Review: National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pa. - Review 2011-09-08T22:42:06Z In several images the character holding up the astrolabe is a man in the nude wearing only a red loincloth of a distinctly comical effect. Art Review: Unlikely Wit on Sacred Pages at the Louvre 2011-07-29T11:30:07Z Along with new compasses and the astrolabe, Europeans were able to make long-distance trips by the mid-fifteenth century that far exceeded their earlier maximum ranges. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The sextant replaced the astrolabe in the mid-1700s as the instrument for measuring the height of the stars above the horizon—to determine latitude and longitude. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan saw these antique astrolabes, books, schematics and maps I was assembling and said, “This looks like a Victorian explorer’s lodge. Why?” How Ronan Farrow Spends His Sundays 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Destined for an exhibit in Madrid, the painting was whisked through the Dutch halls, past Johannes Vermeer’s Astronomer studying an astrolabe, before getting stuck in front of a small doorway in the Rubens room. Mona Lisa is alone, but still smiling 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z It was a seafaring culture: they perfected navigational skills without needing instruments like the astrolabe used by the Arabs. Norway excavates a Viking longship fit for a king 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Reasonably effective compasses and a device to measure latitude called the astrolabe came into European hands from the Middle East around 1400 as well. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The astrolabe was a brass circle with carefully adjusted rings marked off in degrees. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Germans shipped home a haul of astrolabes and sextants, elaborately decorated with dragons and other royal motifs. China: How science made a superpower 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Among the more visible changes are a new version of the clock’s 19th-century calendar board, and a new lick of paint for the elaborate astrolabe and the figures. Prague’s fabled astronomical clock returns in former beauty 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Among the more visible changes are a new version of the clock's 19th-century calendar board, and a new lick of paint for the elaborate astrolabe and the figures. Prague's fabled astronomical clock returns in former beauty 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The vessel’s astrolabe , an instrument used for navigation before the sextant was developed, is included among the artifacts. Treasures of famous shipwrecks on display in exhibit 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z They are using many instruments including an astrolabe like the one shown on this page. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is the astrolabe that is the heart of the clock’s mechanical operation. One of the World’s Oldest Clocks Stops Ticking, Briefly 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z In wing of the Art of the Arab Lands, we find beautifully wrought astrolabes. Math at the Met 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Dr Williams’s examination has revealed the marks, etched around the astrolabe’s circumference at 5° intervals and indicated in the photograph, that allow solar elevations to be gauged. The oldest mariner’s astrolabe yields to scientific scrutiny 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Using a laser scanner that produces 80,000 measurement points per second, they were able to create a 3D model of the astrolabe. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z For Muslims, the astrolabe helped determine where they were in relation to Mecca. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Marine archaeologists say the object is an astrolabe, an instrument once used by mariners to measure the altitude of the Sun during their voyages. Shipwreck find 'earliest navigation tool' 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z There are manuscripts, maps, paintings, sculptures, architectural fragments, reliquaries, ceramics, glass, fabrics, astrolabes, jewelry, weapons, and, especially, books—in nine alphabets and twelve languages. The Passions of Medieval Jerusalem 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The walls are covered with sketches, technical drawings and constellation charts, and a vintage barrister's case displays crystal and glass pieces, magnifying glasses, prisms, astrolabes and other scientific devices that, she says, "calibrate the unseen." Alison Berger's glassworks branches into crystal and lighting fixtures 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Markings on astrolabes are used to measure angles. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z To better determine their location at sea, sailors used the astrolabe, which the Muslims had perfected. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Who needs a GPS when you’ve got an astrolabe and a drooling hound dog at your hip? Gadget Lust: How to Make Your Smartphone Even Smarter Others, like “Ingenious Devices,” showcasing sundials, astrolabes and other instruments, and “the Geometry of Light,” exhibiting geometric mosaics, textiles and other objects, focus on scientific developments related to light or enlightenment. Museums Special Section: Shedding a Light on Islamic Art’s Great Treasure 2014-03-19T20:38:07Z An eleventh-century astrolabe, used to measure celestial positions, among other functions. Astrophysics: Time for an Arab astronomy renaissance 2013-06-12T17:50:31.210Z By aligning an astrolabe perpendicular to the horizon, ancient astronomers could calculate measurements like time and position. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The Museum of the History of Science is a curiosity shop of astrolabes, microscopes, and other finely-tuned instruments that helped their owners measure things about the world. History, Science and the History of Science 2013-04-26T16:15:10.750Z Meanwhile, a few yards away, in the room of the astrolabe, Madame de Vidoche sat, waiting and trembling, afraid to move from the spot where the astrologer had placed her, and longing for his return. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z It is that which is marked on the astrolabe as al-aijûk.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z In the tenth century, Mariam of Syria was a skilled constructor of astrolabes for celestial surveying. Astrophysics: Time for an Arab astronomy renaissance 2013-06-12T17:50:31.210Z When a small, 500-year-old copper disk was discovered among the remains of a shipwreck in 2014, archaeologists suspected it was a navigation tool called an astrolabe. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In the middle of the floor was an astrolabe on an ebony pillar, and the floor itself was embroidered in white, with the signs of the Zodiac and the twelve Houses arranged in a circle. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z It is of the first magnitude; it is that which is marked on the southern astrolabe, and called achir al-nahr, ‘the End of the River.’ Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z Book five describes the construction and use of the astrolabe, a combination of graduated circles with which Ptolemy made most of his observations. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Now, thanks to 3D scanning technology, scientists are able to see the small faded measurements etched into the disk—which confirm that it is in fact an astrolabe. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The ancient navigators carried with them their astrolabes—rough instruments, long since superseded by quadrants and sextants—which enabled them to find their latitude accurately enough. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z "She is in the chamber of the astrolabe." The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z The Pirate Captain’s cabin is equipped not just with the usual nautical maps and charts, but also an astrolabe. A Pirate's Life for Me: Celebrating the Science of Pirates 2012-03-08T22:15:00.230Z The artisans of that day began to build rude mechanical adaptations of the geometric conceptions as concrete constructions in wood and metal, and it became the epoch of the origin of astrolabes and armillary spheres. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Astrolabes used by early sea explorers are frequently referred to as mariner's astrolabes. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The compass and the astrolabe, or sextant, the little instrument with which, by calculating the height of the sun above the horizon, we can tell distance from the equator, were just coming into use. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Vitrines glow with vases, astrolabes, daggers, jewelry, manuscripts and paintings. Arab Riches, Weird Fruit Bat Dazzle at Met: Manuela Hoelterhoff 2011-11-10T22:22:28Z The sextant wasn’t invented until the 18th century, and quickly displaced the mariner’s astrolabe for navigational purposes because it was much more precise. A Pirate's Life for Me: Celebrating the Science of Pirates 2012-03-08T22:15:00.230Z There is a graduated equatorial ring at right angles to the polar axis, so that the astrolabe could be used for making observations outside the meridian as well as on it. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z "We really don't know much about early astrolabes, so this one is precious from that viewpoint," said Luis Filipe Viera de Castro, a professor of nautical archaeology at Texas A&M University. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The Portuguese first made that possible by using astronomical observations and inventing the quadrant and the astrolabe. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Roger Bacon wrote on the spheres, the use of the astrolabe, and astrology, following Ptolemy in his general ideas about the universe. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z They were mostly used in astronomical studies, not for navigation, but there was a mariner’s astrolabe, a simple ring marked in degrees for measuring celestial altitudes. A Pirate's Life for Me: Celebrating the Science of Pirates 2012-03-08T22:15:00.230Z There were astrolabes and armillary spheres, with crudely divided circles, and the excellent work done with them only shows the genius of many of the early astronomers who had nothing better to work with. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Previously, the earliest known example of a mariner's astrolabe was dated to a 1554 Spanish shipwreck that sank near the coast of south Texas. Rare Solar Navigation Tool Found in Ancient Shipwreck 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z He was tying it to one of the young walnut-trees as an upright against which to work his astrolabe, when Mark arrived, and everything had to be explained to him. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z First the sun’s altitude is found by means of the revolving rule at the back of the astrolabe. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Vespucci has the assurance to talk of his astrolabe and quadrant and sea chart, and to write disparagingly of the trained pilots of whom he was jealous. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z It resembles the equatorial astrolabe somewhat, but has a second ring inclined to the equatorial one at an angle equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Their accuracy was largely due to the use of the compass and astrolabe, which are known to have been invented before 1400. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z We will bring the astrolabe and take an observation—I say!” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Then, by means of the degrees marked on the back of the astrolabe, the angle of elevation of the rule is determined, giving the altitude of the sun. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z We know nothing of his children, except that in 1391 he wrote a treatise on the astrolabe for his little son Lewis, then ten years of age. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z One is a polar astrolabe, mounted somewhat as a modern equatorial telescope is, and the meridian circle is adjustable so that it can be used in any place, no matter what its latitude might be. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In one corner was a large terrestrial sphere: near it was an astrolabe, and near that a heap of disused glass vessels. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z How can we tell, till we get the astrolabe and take an observation? Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The rest of the process involves the use of the front of the astrolabe. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z The astrolabe, which took altitude of sun and stars, was used for navigation. Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition 2011-06-03T02:00:23.737Z Chaucer there speaks of the astrolabe he has "compounded after the latitude of Oxford." Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z He promised to obey, and, having sold his little stock, bought an astrolabe, an astronomical almanac, and a table of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z They invented the astrolabe, though the cross staff continued to be used for some time by navigators and was one of the few instruments possessed by Columbus and Vasco da Gama. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Chaucer would know the altitude of the sun simply by inspection of an astrolabe, without calculation. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Besides these apparatus, she was likewise the inventor of an astrolabe and a planisphere. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The mention of the astrolabe may be deemed incompatible, at first view, with chronological exactness, as there is no instance of any being constructed by a Mussulman, till after the time of Vathek. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z They ranged from astrolabes to slide rules to planimeters to mechanical and electrical calculators to modern computers. 2010-02-04T11:00:00Z Martin Cortez described the astrolabe and shows how much more convenient it is than the cross staff for taking altitudes. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Chaucer is describing the front of the astrolabe. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Among the many inventions attributed to Hypatia, besides the planisphere and astrolabe which she designed for the use of astronomers, are several employed in the study of natural philosophy. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Nearly every one of the modern instruments used for the observations of physical astronomy is a part of the perfected astrolabe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The astrolabe is more commonly used by the Arabs than any other instrument for astronomical observations. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments That was the last view of the interior of the Palace, the empty court, and the swinging, sighing astrolabe. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Caretto calculated his distances with his astrolabe, then pointed the gun and ordered it to be loaded. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries There was also an astronomical observatory, containing armillary spheres, globes, solstitial and equatorial armils, astrolabes, parallactic rules, and other apparatus then in use, the graduation on the divided instruments being into degrees and sixths. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Chaucer wrote a treatise on the astrolabe; Milton constantly refers to planetary influences; in Shakespeare’s King Lear, Gloucester and Edmund represent respectively the old and the new faith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The wise woman of the district was therefore called into requisition, and she, having consulted the astrolabe and made a fire of pine needles, discovered the direction in which the fugitives were going. Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes Spanish and Portuguese Folklore In the astrolabe, an openwork metal rete containing markings for the stars, etc., may be rotated by hand over a disc on which the lines of altitude and azimuth are inscribed. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass It was this instrument, the value of which received such warm testimony from Diogo Gomez, one of Prince Henry's navigators; and it was larger and easier to handle than the astrolabe. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose In the middle of the table lay a large, circular brass instrument Daoud recognized as an astrolabe. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The principle of the astrolabe is explained in fig. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" At the end of one of the yew walks was a rusty astrolabe on a moss-grown marble pedestal, and by this he found her. In Brief Authority This is made more probable by the existence of a specifically Islamic concentration on the astrolabe, and on its planetary companion instrument, the equatorium, as devices for mechanizing computation by use of geometrical analogues. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass This is greatly to be regretted, since Chaucer, who, as Leland tells us, was an "ingenious mathematician" and the author of a learned treatise on the astrolabe, was peculiarly fitted for the propounding of problems. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems It contains dials, azimuth masonry, altitude pillars, astrolabe, and a double mural quadrant of enormous size and height, on which the gradations have been marked. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan With the tables of the sun’s declination then available, he could calculate his latitude by meridian altitudes of the sun taken with his astrolabe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" She had turned to the astrolabe again, and was idly tracing out the incisions in one of its hoops with her supple forefinger, when she next spoke. In Brief Authority The ordinary planispheric astrolabe, of course, was known in Islam from its first days until almost the present time. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass There were also in this library an astrolabe, and a sphere with the signs of the Zodiac. The Care of Books A rule on the back of a common astrolabe, to measure heights, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. A collection of circles such as is the armillary sphere, if each circle were fitted with a view-tube, might be considered a complete astrolabe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" He passed through the gate, and presently came to the astrolabe, and then the stone bench, both hallowed now by the sweetest associations. In Brief Authority The lunar phase volvelle can be seen through the circular opening at the back of the astrolabe. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass A sextant and astrolabe were brought him from France, of whose use no one could inform him, though he asked all whom he met. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The same day the friar who had remained as a hostage was sent on shore with various presents, including a brass clock, an astrolabe, and a telescope. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold By his astrolabe, therefore, the barber could find the time of day; this, however, I confess I could not pretend to find with the astrolabe in question. Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. By the introduction of the astrolabe, Ptolemy, and the later Alexandrian astronomers could determine the places of the heavenly bodies within about ten minutes of arc. Human Traits and their Social Significance Many medieval astrolabes have survived, and at least three medieval equatoria are known. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The other invention was that of the astrolabe. Discoverers and Explorers Here they set up an astrolabe of wood three spans in diameter, which they mounted on as many poles in the manner of shears, to ascertain the sun’s altitude. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Set myself to measure the elevation of Sagittarius Alpha with my new astrolabe sent me by my friend and master, Hafiz, from out Arabia. Journeys to Bagdad In sorrow, it is said, but without a murmur, he turned his back upon his maps, globes, books, and astrolabes and faced the situation manfully. Amerigo Vespucci Another Gothic astrolabe with a similar gear ring on the rete, said to date from ca. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass These pilots were men who understood how to use the astrolabe and to tell the course of the ship at sea. Discoverers and Explorers Better astronomical instruments also came into use, though previously the Al-Fezari above mentioned had been the first in Islam who constructed astrolabes of various kinds, and had written several astronomical treatises. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature Nay, he was even a mathematician and astronomer, and constructed an astrolabe or orrery, which showed the courses of the planets. Illuminated Manuscripts The astrolabe, which consists of a circle divided into degrees, with a rotating diametral arm for sighting purposes, embodies their essential principle. The New Heavens Moreover, this could be done more accurately if an astrolabe were constructed with a network on which the entire equinoctial circle was divided up. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass Love alone, with yearning Heart for astrolabe, Takes the star's height, burning O'er the babe. Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III He first resided at Toledo, at the court of its sovereign, Mamun, for whom he made an astrolabe, which he called in his honour the Mamunian. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature This man used words as a master mariner would use compass and astrolabe. Days of the Discoverers In its simple form, the astrolabe was suspended in a vertical plane, and the stars were observed by bringing the sights on the movable diameter to bear upon them. The New Heavens Some pamphlets have been written on the astrolabe, and they all agree that it had belonged to Champlain. The Makers of Canada: Champlain The astrolabe, an instrument for measuring the altitude of stars above the horizon, which was known to Ptolemy, may also reasonably be assigned to them. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. It is illustrated with several plates, among them the picture of an astrolabe and one of the human body treated as a house. The Haskalah Movement in Russia The now indispensable sextant was but clumsily anticipated by the newly invented astrolabe. The Life of Columbus Ultimately, the circle of the astrolabe, mounted with one of its diameters parallel to the earth's axis, became the armillary sphere, the precursor of our modern equatorial telescope. The New Heavens He buys up automobiles,—and poodles,—and astrolabes, —and patent-leather boots,—and a number of other things he were much better without. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Besides this, it also serves like other astrolabes at midday, to indicate the various points of the compass, and show and verify with precision the deviations and deflection of the needle from the pole. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Their globes and astrolabes are still to be seen on the walls of Peking. The Problem of China Gama, in going on board some of the largest of those, found that they were equipped with charts and compasses, and what are called æst harlab, probably the sea astrolabe, already discovered. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson For we see spheres, globes, astrolabes, maps, and the like, have been provided as appurtenances to astronomy and cosmography, as well as books. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 But knowledge was advancing, and the astrolabe, which has been modified into the modern quadrant, was being applied to navigation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters As to what he says of the astrolabe, have a copy made and delivered to Cespedes, that he may examine it and give his opinion in regard to it. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Beginning with an astrolabe, this spiritual jaunt ended in the cafés of the Latin Quarter. Against the Grain The place is stored with great variety of sextants, quadrants, telescopes, astrolabes, and other astronomical instruments. Gulliver's Travels Now, Champlain's first journey up the Ottawa was made in the summer of 1613, and he must have passed at or near the identical spot where the astrolabe was found. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 The astrolabe was not so useful as the compass, for it could be used only on clear days or nights. Introductory American History When I first navigated it was with an astrolabe and the moon. Java Head So I made the servant open the box, and the barber threw down the astrolabe and sitting down on the ground, turned over the contents, till I was well-nigh distracted. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Epistemon was conjuring, with his astrolabe, to know what latitude we were in. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 This, in reality, is all the evidence to be found as to the ownership of the lost astrolabe. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 The astrolabe was hung on a mast in such a way that one bar was horizontal and the other could be moved until through its sights some known star could be seen. Introductory American History Under his direction better maps were made, the astrolabe was improved, the compass was placed on vessels, and seamen were instructed in all the nautical learning of the time. Early European History He would have had me let him blood; but I pulled out my astrolabe and taking an altitude for him, found the aspect inauspicious and the hour unfavourable for the letting of blood. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I If this young fellow, I thought, discovers so much as an astrolabe among my belongings, let them hang me from the ramparts at daybreak! Alone They set out to find a second youth—the dream of immortality—with the astrolabe, which is the creed or Koran all take as their guide. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The other instrument, called the astrolabe, was a brass circle marked off into 360 degrees. Introductory American History The astrolabe, which the Greeks had invented and used for astronomical purposes, also came into Europe through the Arabs. Early European History The latitude was measured with imperfect astrolabes, or wooden quadrants, and calculated from very deficient tables; the variation of the compass, moreover, was almost unknown, as well as the use of the log. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes The frescoes in the Tribuna celebrate other Italian scientific triumphs, and in the cases are historic telescopes, astrolabes, binoculars, and other mysteries. A Wanderer in Florence All this compound astrolabe instrument was erected on a level marble platform with channels round it for levelling. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 Mr. Russell, who examined the astrolabe thus found with great care and had it photographed, describes it as a circular plate having a diameter of five inches and five eighths. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 While the Captain pointed his astrolabe sunward and announced the figures Whinney and I, like tailors' assistants, took them down, Whinney doing the adding, I the subtracting and Swank the charting. The Cruise of the Kawa The tower is down, the Caliph dead, Their astrolabes are wrecked with rust. Watchers of the Sky The compass and the astrolabe—an instrument for reckoning latitude—had been already invented. A Brief History of the United States They have a kind of astrolabe on which are inscribed the planetary signs, the hours and critical points of the whole year. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 We give on the preceding page an engraving of this astrolabe from a photograph, which presents a sufficiently accurate outline of the instrument. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 Latitude was determined with the aid of the astrolabe, a device for measuring the elevation of the pole star above the horizon. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. The more haste I was in, the less haste he made: he laid down the razor, and took up his astrolabe; this done, he even laid down the astrolabe, and took up his razor again. The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 He also improved the astrolabe and the staff, drew charts and made globes, and accompanied one of the West- African expeditions in 1489. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 Fredersdorf told me that he busies himself with maps and plans, is surrounded by his military books, and is occupied like an engineer with astrolabes and land surveyors. Frederick the Great and His Court The astrolabe continued to be employed in Great Britain in taking altitudes for more than a century subsequent to this, certainly till Hadley's Quadrant was invented, which was first announced in 1731. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 He supposes the catoptron to have been the same with the astrolabe. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 The barber quitted his razor again, and took up his astrolabe, a second time; and so left me, half shaved, to go and see precisely what o'clock it was. The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 He promised to obey, and having sold his little stock, bought an astrolabe, an astronomical almanac, and a table of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] Quoth he to me, 'Let me blood;' so I pulled out my astrolabe and, taking the sun's altitude for him, I ascertained that the ascendant was inauspicious and the hour unfavourable for brooding. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 Ascertain the exact degree of the sun's declination for that day, by a table calculated for that purpose, which accompanies the astrolabe. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 They had their magnets and astrolabes, but it was a new world they had entered, and they trusted God rather than their wits. The Path of the King Can the mind of a Commander elaborate such movements with the same ease as the hand of a land surveyor uses the astrolabe? On War — Volume 1 With 'babe' there's scarce a sound will chime, Though 'astrolabe' fits like a glove; But, ye that on Parnassus climb, Why, why are rhymes so rare to LOVE? Ban and Arriere Ban Beside them is the astrolabe, an instrument about which he wrote; and trimly arranged apart his augrim-stones, or counters for making calculations. Old English Libraries The astrolabe, as an instrument for taking the altitude of the stars or the sun, had long been in use. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 He then looked upon the astrolabe, and to his great astonishment he discovered by the aid of it that he who was sitting upon the throne before him was his brother Joseph. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 There was also an astronomical observatory containing armillary spheres, globes, solstitial and equatorial armils, astrolabes, parallactic rules, and other apparatus then in use, the graduation on the divided instruments being into degrees and sixths. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science I. Let the astrolabe be suspended so that it shall hang plumb. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 |
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