File:An Astronomer with Astrolabe and a Telescope RMG PT3458.tiff
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Summary
| Author |
W.B. Rye |
| Description |
English: An Astronomer with Astrolabe and a TelescopeA print after a French 13th century manuscript (now in the Bodelian Library, Oxford). Despite the title given, the man is actually holding a sighting tube rather than a telescope. By the 4th century BC, sighting tubes were known to be of use in observing the stars and planets, since they helped to eliminate extraneous light. An Astronomer |
| Date | 1854 |
| Dimensions | Overall: 210 x 286; plate: 170 x 110 mm |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/264006 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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| Identifier | id number: PAJ3458 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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| current | 18:10, 2 September 2017 |  | 3,370 × 5,400 (52.07 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Fine art, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/264006 |
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