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Meanings of astrolabe in English

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In principle, quadrant and astrolabe are easy to use to establish latitude.
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When I first navigated it was with an astrolabe and the moon.
Java Head
3
The compass and the astrolabe-aninstrument for reckoning latitude-hadbeen already invented.
A Brief History of the United States
4
The now indispensable sextant was but clumsily anticipated by the newly invented astrolabe.
The Life of Columbus
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This man used words as a master mariner would use compass and astrolabe.
Days of the Discoverers
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The sail and the astrolabe, not even specks on the horizon.
The Guardian
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Beginning with an astrolabe, this spiritual jaunt ended in the cafés of the Latin Quarter.
Against the Grain
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In the corner stood the complicated Ptolemaic astrolabe that had been used in Galileo's inquisition.
The Descent
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The astrolabe was used for navigation by the stars.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
10
The other invention was that of the astrolabe.
Discoverers and Explorers
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This, in reality, is all the evidence to be found as to the ownership of the lost astrolabe.
Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1
12
Nevertheless, I got my astrolabe out from under the bed and did my sums just to be sure.
The Irish Times
13
A graduated circle with sights, for taking altitudes at sea, was called an astrolabe in the 18th century.
The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
14
Tell how an astrolabe was made.
Introductory American History
15
There were other, more familiar instruments scattered about: a set of brass sextants, a large brass astrolabe, chisels, saws.
Shadows Return
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The astrolabe, which the Greeks had invented and used for astronomical purposes, also came into Europe through the Arabs.
Early European History
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