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An astrolabe animation

November 1, 2013Iran, Islamic Sciences, YouTube Watchtabsir

The extraordinary website Mizan, of the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford, has an online exhibition well worth visiting. Here is an animation of how a 13th century astrolabe works. Check it out here.


Astrolabe with Geared Calendar, by Muhammad b. Abi Bakr, Isfahan, 1221/2; source, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

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