Article ID: CBB582608141

The Astrolabe and the Book in 16th Century France (2022)

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Abstract The relationship between books about astrolabes and the instruments themselves is examined through an analysis of the numbers surviving, and something of the context in which they were produced. Such biographical information as is available for the makers of astrolabes in France is rehearsed, and a checklist of surviving instruments is appended.

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Authors & Contributors
King, David A.
Bolt, Marvin P.
Brain, Colin
Brenni, Paolo
Bryden, D. J.
Burnett, Charles
Journals
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Der Globusfreund: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Globen- und Instrumentenkunde
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
British Journal for the History of Science
Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society
Publishers
Bardwell Press
Corning Museum of Glass
Max Planck Research Library
Concepts
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Instrument makers
Astronomy
Astrolabes
Travel; exploration
Science and technology, relationships
People
Airy, George Biddell
Binet, Alfred
Crignon, Pierre
Duboscq, Jules
Herschel, John Frederick William
Lerebours, Noël Jean
Time Periods
19th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
France
Germany
Italy
United States
England
Europe
Institutions
Dutch East India Company
Royal Observatory Greenwich
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