Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant
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title:
Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant
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The Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is a medieval astrolabe believed to date from 1388, and which was found in an archaeological dig at the House of Agnes, a bed and breakfast hotel in Canterbury, Kent, England in 2005. The Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant is the only one of its kind known to have been definitely made in England. Astrolabes are calculation instruments that enable their users to tell the time and determine their geographical latitude using the position of the sun and stars. An extreme
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Astrolabe_Quadrant
date created:
2009-11-15T18:08:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:43:06Z
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