The site mentioned below by Angelo Merletti does a wonderful job of creating an astrolabe like device. It is a form of astrolabe in the sense that any instrument that uses altitudes to position celestial objects can be called an astrolabe. It is not, however, the instrument that is usually meant by 'astrolabe'.
I would be happy to answer any astrolabe related questions that can be contained in normal e-mail. My e-mail address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best regards, Jim James E. Morrison Astrolabe web pages at: http://myhouse.com/mc/planet/astrodir/astrolab.htm -----Original Message----- From: Angelo Merletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 6:14 AM >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Tinkler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 8:22 AM >>To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de >>Subject: Astrolabe > > >>By chance would anyone here happen to have any instructions on making an >>Astrolabe? Or mayby a copy of some of the varous treatise on the subject >>from >>some old manuscripes. that could be scanned in? > > >>David R. Carlson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > >at the address: > >http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/meech/education/astlabe.html > >you find a hystory, description, method on make an astrolabe. >You find also a program for a complete calculation of plates. > >best regards > >Angelo Merletti > >University of Torino (Italy) >Dep. Neuroscience >C.so Raffaello 30 >10125, Turin (Italy) >
