Eastern Astrolabes: Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium (Volume II)

About this book

The Adler Planetarium’s Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy is proud to announce the publication of Eastern Astrolabes by David Pingree. The Adler Planetarium houses one of the world’s largest collections of astrolabes, and this catalog documents the Eastern astrolabes from the Adler’s collection. Instruments from the twelfth through nineteenth centuries are described in detail, with photographs illustrating each astrolabe component. An introduction gives background information, while appendices provide technical information. This volume also includes twenty-seven other Islamic instruments, including quadrants, qibla indicators, sundials, levels, and celestial globes. Eastern Astrolabes complements Western Astrolabes (1998), the first volume in the series Historic Scientific Instruments of the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum.

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