Platinotype print of Ptolemy observing with a quadrant

Made:: 1914 in London

maker:: Science Museum; Science Museum

Platinotype print of Ptolemy observing with a quadrant, from "Margarita Philosophica" 1535, p. 513

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1914-864

type:: photograph and quadrant (naked eye)

credit:: Science Museum (Great Britain)

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Platinotype print of Ptolemy observing with a quadrant

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