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A handbook of the prismatic
astrolabe
being a concise and practical guide to the employment of the instrument
1919 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
681.2E
Catalogue of a highly important Islamic spherical
astrolabe
... and a rare Islamic celestial globe ..
1962 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
681.2(085)
The great
astrolabe
and other scientific instruments of Humphrey Cole : communicated to the Society of
1927. • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available.
520.256
Stoeffler's Elucidatio : the construction and use of the
astrolabe
= Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii
2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
520.256"15"
The mariner's
astrolabe
: [catalogue of] an exhibition at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 19th
1972. • PAMPHLET • 2 copies available.
520.256ROY
A voyage round the world, performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and
Astrolabe
1799 • RARE-OVER • 1 copy available.
094:910.4(100)"1785/1788"
La mâethode des hauteurs âegales en astronomie [par] Suzanne Dâebarbat et Bernard Guinot.
[1970] • BOOK • 1 copy available.
520.256
Encyclopaedia of Islam : vol 1: 12
1958 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
520.256
L'astrolabio di Galileo
1983 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
520.256
The day begins at sunset : perceptions of time in the Islamic world /Barbara Freyer Stowasser.
2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
297
The Polar sale : Scott & Amundsen centenary :Friday 30 March 2012 at 2 pm, Knightsbridge, London.
2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
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