While traditional Astrolabes, which were known as planispheric astrolabes, calculated the altitude of celestial bodies, the ...

Astrolabes were the “world’s first smartphone,” according to Cambridge University in a blog post announcing the discovery, a “portable computer which could be put to hundreds of uses.” ...

Brass astrolabe from Europe, c. 1400, from the collection of the Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford (52869) Astrolabes were beautiful and elegant:; a design classic and a ...

Astrolabes serve two purposes. First, they are useful as an astronomical tool, especially for finding a ship's latitude. But ...

Mariners' astrolabes are relatively rare, and this is only the 108th to be confirmed catalogued. It is also the earliest known example by several decades. Mr Mearns said: "We know it had to have ...

Islamic civilization is expanding its forms of expression to counter outdated perceptions, biases and current events.

There are scientific instruments such as astrolabes, used in ancient times to make astronomical measures, too, and even a pair of German spectacles. “Lumen” doesn’t stop at the end of the ...

Sixteenth-century Europe was a place of great change. Religious upheaval swept the continent, empires expanded and the mystic ...

The History of Science Museum in Oxford has one of the largest collections of astrolabes in the world and this is just one fine example. The astrolabe was a mathematical instrument which was used ...

thermometers and astrolabes. You will continue to the Palais des Nations, built for the League of Nations and still an important UN centre, before reaching the Botanical Gardens and Conservatory ...

Noteworthy exhibits include astrolabes, manuscripts, ceramics, and coins, alongside a gold-embroidered curtain from the Holy Ka’ba and a mosaic detailing zodiac constellations. Expression ...

At one point there were planetary orbits zooming around the screen at incredible pace, then space rocks hurtling at the viewer; the trippy On The Run animation sequence was dazzling, the detail in the ...