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Oxford Astrolabe
This instrument forms part of a larger collection of objects, co-ordinated by D. Proctor. On the front of the instrument, it is marked 'THE/ OXFORD/ ASTROLABE/ Designed after the Persian,/ Moorish and European Instruments/ in the/ Old Ashmolean Museum, Oxford/ HIPPARCHUS B.C.150 JENKIN delet fec. A.D.1925/ MANUFACTURED BY W WATSON & SONS, LTD., 313, HIGH HOLBURN, LONDON, W.C.1.'
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Object Details
| ID: | AST0600 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Astrolabe |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | W. Watson & Sons |
| Date made: | 1925 |
| People: | Proctor, David V. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 247.65 mm |