books about: astrolabe     books:       The Astrolabe5 reviews Janus, 2007 Fantstic *Modern* Astrolabe Book First, if you're interested at all in astrolabes, this is the single best, most informative, most comprehensive book I've found. It's clear, concise and well illustrated. I'm very tempted to use the chapter on stereographic projections in my GIS classes. It doesn't have many illustrations of historic instruments, but that's not it's focus. You can find those in the Time Museum or Western ...             Time Museum Catalogue of the Collection: Time Measuring Instruments, Part 1 : Astrolabes, Astrolabe Related ...1 review Time Museum, 1986 Premier Astrolabe Reference If you buy only one book on astrolabes, this should be the one. The stated purpose of this book is to record the astrolabes in the collection of the Time Museum but it is far, far more. It is a wonderful book, beautifully presented and has by far the best historical section of any modern reference.             Western Astrolabes (Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium Series; Vol. 1)1 review Roderick Webster Adler Planetarium & Astronomy, 2007 Alla scoperta delle radici della scienza Conoscere la scienza implicita negli astrolabi non è solo impresa scientifica, ma anche operazione culturale. Si tratta di ripercorrere le radici culturali della nostra civiltà. Padre Dante Alighieri e il suo Paradiso diverranno più comprensibili. Il cielo più affascinante.             Astrolabes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Astrolabes in the National Maritime Museum Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 The astrolabe is one of the most intriguing of all early scientific instruments. Invented by the greeks, the design and construction of the astrolabe remained largely unchanged for hundreds of years as it passed through the Arabic, Indian, Persian and Medieval European cultures. The astrolabe was the starting-point for the design of many other types of calculating and observing instruments in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. With 53 ...             Hartmann's Practika: A manual for making sundials and astrolabes with the compass and rule : written from ...1 review Georg Hartmann J. Lamprey, 2002 This is the book to have if you're interested in making your own portable sundials If you're interested in making portable sundials or astrolabes, and if you're afraid of trigonometry, but good at geometry, this is the book for you. It's a translation of a classic old treatise that tells how to lay out the hour lines using geometry. The book seems to be out of print, but if you post a review here and let me know you'd like it, I can call the translator and ask him if he ...             The Astrolabe World Ephemeris: 2001-2050 At Noon Robert Hand Whitford Press, 1998 Featuring Longitudes and Declinations for the Sun, Moon, Planets, Chiron and the Asteroids. The Astrolabe World Ephemeris combines reading ease and clarity with 21st Century accuracy and precision of data. This unique ephemeris is one of the most complete and convenient references available for astrological calculation. Includes: daily longitudes and declinations for the planets calculated to the second of arc, Chiron and the four major ...             L'astrolabe: Histoire, theorie et pratique Raymond d' Hollander Institut oceanographique, 1999             Time and Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales (Series for Science and Culture) Marijane Osborn University of Oklahoma Press, 2002             The Treatise On The Astrolabe Of Geoffrey Chaucer (1870) Geoffrey Chaucer Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008             ASTROLABES: A CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ASTROLABES, NOCTILABES AND QUADRANTS IN THE CARE OF THE UTRECHT ... P.N. Van Cittert E.J. Brill, 1954 Very very rare. Subtitle: A CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ASTROLABES, NOCTILABES AND QUADRANTS IN THE CARE OF THE UTRECHT UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. Tables, diagrams, descriptions, definitions, prints and history included, as well as specific astrolabes. About 1/3 of the book is a series of very clear and detailed photos of all kinds of these instruments. Great deal, recommended. Rare. Softcover, 90 pages.              search for books 2001-2050, astrolabe, astrolabes, canterbury, catalogue, chaucer, collection, critical, description, ephemeris, geoffrey, greenwich, hartmann, histoire, historic, instruments, maritime, measuring, national, noctilabes, planetarium, practika, pratique, quadrants, scientific, sundials, theorie, treatise, university, utrecht books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen electronics: PHOENIX GOLD VMT-100 IVORY 100 Watt Impedance-Matching Stereo Volume ... we recommend Fantstic *Modern* Astrolabe Book home  impressum - about us