Article ID: CBB103254839

Apianus' latitude volvelles - how were they made? (2017)

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This paper studies the working and construction of the volvelles in Petrus Apianus' Astronomicum Caesareum that describe the latitudes of the planets. It is found that they can be constructed using a graphical method.

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Authors & Contributors
Gislén, Lars
Orchiston, Wayne
Zhang, Yang
Gianfranco Crupi
Wells, William
Pai, Venketeswara
Concepts
Instruments, astronomical
Celestial maps; star catalogs
Volvelle; wheel chart
Astronomy
Celestial mechanics
Longitude and latitude
Time Periods
Medieval
18th century
Renaissance
Ancient
19th century
17th century
Places
Beijing (China)
Nanjing (China)
United States
Japan
Greece
China
Institutions
Jagiellonian University Museum
University of Tasmania
Whipple Museum of the History of Science (Cambridge, Eng.)
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