Astrolabe

Description

Brass astrolabe with a scale of degrees and numeric table for gnomonic purposes on back, made by the astrologer Shri Leelanath for Manirama, North India or Pakistan, 1643 - 1644

Museum reference

T.1986.20

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Astrolabe

Production information

Leelanath, Shri, 1643 (fl.), Maker
Northern India, South Asia
Manirama, Probable designer
Northern India, South Asia
Pakistan, South Asia

Date

1643 - 1644

Materials

Brass

Physical description

Brass

Exhibitions

• Earth in Space (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, Yantraraja at Edinburgh: On a Sanskrit Astrolabe made for Manirama in AD 1644, Proceedings of the 13th World Sanskrit Conference 2006, Section 8, SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE IN SANSKRIT, https://archive.org/details/yantrarajaastrolabeinsanskrit/page/n3/mode/2up?q=manirama

North, J.R., 'The Astrolabe', Scientific American 230 (1974), pp 96-106

Waters, D.W., The Plainspheric Astrolabe, London, 1976

On display

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