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Astrolabe
Unsigned
Later 16th century;
English
Brass; 290 mm in diameter
Only the
mater
of this
astrolabe
survives. The back of the
astrolabe
has a Rojas-type planispheric
projection
of the
celestial sphere
.
This instrument belonged to the bequest left by Sir
Robert Dudley
to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Firenze
Inventory no. 1100
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