File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art sci 0040.1 CROP.jpg

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Object

Astrolabe-quadrant  wikidata:Q107663931 reasonator:Q107663931
Title
Astrolabe-quadrant
label QS:Len,"Astrolabe-quadrant"
label QS:Lar,"ربع أَسطُرلاب"
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Object type astrolabe quadrant Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: One side of the instrument carries a Prophatius astrolabe-quadrant for latitude 41°, with an unequal hour diagram (horary quadrant) above. The other side is a sine-cosine quadrant with arcs of sine and versed sine. There are brief instructions in Turkish and Arabic on the sides and edges. ... See full description on web site.
Date 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium walnut wood Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions width: 16.8 cm (6.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2049, 16.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation Ottoman Empire Edit this at Wikidata
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-astrolabe-quadrant-sci40/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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English: sine-cosine quadrant with arcs of sine and versed sine Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Author Khalili Collections
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