Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

Made:: 1066; 1876 in Toledo and Birmingham

maker:: Ibrahim ibn Said Al-Wazzan and Elkington and Company

Electrotype copy of an Islamic planispheric astrolabe by

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Electrotype copy of an Islamic planispheric astrolabe by Ibrahim ibn Said of Toledo at the Museo Arqueologico Nacional in Madrid, and dated 1066 AD [see IC 117]. Made by Elkington and Company after the original was displayed at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus in the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1877-6

Materials:: brass and lead

Measurements:: overall: 260 x 240 x 15 mm
weight: 33.57kg
weight: 74.00957lbs

type:: astrolabe, replica and electrotype

credit:: Purchased, Elkington and Company

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