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While the astrolabe could be useful for determining latitude on land... s astrolabe was developed to address these issues... The spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy... The spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy... An early rudimentary astrolabe was invented in the... the astrolabe was effectively an analog calculator capable of working out several different kinds of problems in... used an astrolabe to make the astronomical observations recorded in the... The first person credited with building the astrolabe in the Islamic world is reportedly the... The astrolabe was introduced to other parts of Europe via Al... The earliest description of the spherical astrolabe dates back to... mechanical astrolabe was later invented by Abi Bakr of... treatise on the astrolabe was written by the... The first known European metal astrolabe was developed in the... An astrolabe consists of a hollow disk... The astrolabe is therefore a predecessor of the modern... When the astrolabe is held vertically... The astrolabe was in fact an invention of the ancient Greeks... a software astrolabe simulator and tutorial written in Java...

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