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Astrolabe
    • Setting:
      Room V
    • Maker:
      Charles Whitwell
    • Place:
      English
    • Date:
      1595
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 388 mm
    • Inventory:
      1095
    • Astrolabe (Inv. 1095)
    • Astrolabe (Inv. 1095)

This universal astrolabe, made by Charles Whitwell, lacks a rule and an alidade. The mater carries a planisphere with an equinoctial stereographic projection. The back of the instrument is just barely roughed out. Provenance: Robert Dudley bequest to the Medici collections.