An 18th-century
Persian
astrolabe. Astrolabes are complicated
inclinometers that used the position of the stars and planets to determine longitude and latitude; they were in use for this purpose from
Roman antiquity through the
Renaissance.
An 18th-century
Persian
astrolabe. Astrolabes are complicated
inclinometers that used the position of the stars and planets to determine longitude and latitude; they were in use for this purpose from
Roman antiquity through the
Renaissance.