Dee, Mercator, and Louvain Instrument Making: an Undescribed Astrological Disc by Gerard Mercator (1551).
The present paper complements the publications of Gerard L'E. Turner on Mercator's astrolabes by presenting an account of an astrological disc which Mercator published at Louvain in May 1551. This instrument, of which only one copy is known, is described, and a transcription of its instruction sheet...
| Publicado en: | Annals of Science Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 219 - 241 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2001
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