Electrotype replica made by C.A. Melling and Company of a planispheric astrolabe by Mohammad ibn Bekr ibn Mohammad Al Rashidi Al-Abari [ The Needle Maker of Isfahan], dated 1221 AD. From the Museum for the History of Science, Oxford [see IC 5]. Replica of Islamic astrolabe, 1221 Astronomy 1221
Indian planispheric astrolabe engraved in Nagari script, c. 1800. Hindu astrolabe Astronomy 1795-1805
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay) Hand and Machine Tools 2000 BCE
Prismatic astrolabe, including sighting telescope, base, main stand and accessories, including prisms, designed by Claude and Driencourt, made by Jobin, c. 1900. Objects in fitted wooden cases. Prismatic astrolabe, French, 1895-1905 Surveying 1895-1905
Brass Hindu planispheric astrolabe with inlaid silver sanskrit script, commissioned by Manna Lala in Jaipur, 1836. Hindu astrolabe commissioned at Jaipur Astronomy 1836
Prismatic astrolabe by Cooke, Troughton & Simms Ltd, York & London, England, 1928-1932 Prismatic astrolabe, British, 1928-1932 Surveying 1928-1932
Electrotype copy of a planispheric astrolabe with 9 plates by Ibrahim ibn Said of Valencia, dated 1085 AD and from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel [see IC 121]. 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. Replica of Islamic astrolabe, 1085 Astronomy 1085
Hindu astrolabe, silver, with linen pouch and hardwood case, unsigned, 19th century, Indian Hindu astrolabe, 1800-1899 Astronomy 1800-1899
Planispheric astrolabe by Gualterus (Walter) Arsenius, Louvain, c. 1570 in brass gilt with four plates for the latitudes of 25 with 28, 31 with 34, 37 with 38, and 39 with 40 degrees, IC 228 [International Checklist]. The reverse side is supplied with a Gemma Frisius universal projection scale and a compass square in the base of the womb. Planispheric astrolabe by Gualterus (Walter) Arsenius Astronomy 1565-1575
Painting, watercolour on Whatman drawing board, The Use of the Astrolabe, by Carrington Birch 1959. signed blc. Image 54x74.5cm on board 51x70cm. Night scene, two noblemen using an astrolabe to sight on Moon, large instrument hanging on wall, harbour below. Science Museum Design Studio The Use of the Astrolabe J Carrington Birch 1959
Painting, poster and watercolour on paper stuck on blockboard, The Use of the Astrolabe, by SM Durban, [1959]. 52.5x42.5cm. signed blc. A night scene, a man looking along an astrolabe; another instrument hangs on the wall [actual museum instrument; has slothead screw as pin]. Science Museum Design Studio, possibly part of gallery proposal The Use of the Astrolabe Art 1959
Bronze medal to commemorate the sailing of the frigates Boussole and Astrolabe from Brest, 1785, by Duvivier, France, 1778-1785 Bronze medal to commemorate the sailing of the frigates Boussole and Astrolabe from Brest Wellcome Medals 1778-1785
