- An
armillary sphere (variations are
known as
spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a
model of
objects in the sky (on the
celestial sphere), consisting...
- country’s
national coat of arms
stands in the
middle of the
Portuguese armillary sphere and shield,
centered over the
colour boundary at
equal distance. The...
-
Liang Lingzan in 725 AD to
operate a water-powered
armillary sphere,
although Su's
armillary sphere was the
first to be
provided with a
mechanical clock...
-
mathematics and astronomy,
reintroducing to
Western Christendom the abacus,
armillary sphere, and
water organ,
which had been lost to
Latin Europe since the fall...
- the
armillary sphere but has
fewer parts. With only two sets of coordinates, this
instrument has a
larger range and
vision than the
armillary spheres. The...
- The
Noyes Armillary Sphere is a
bronze armillary sphere located in
Meridian Hill Park, a 12-acre (4.9 ha)
urban park in Washington, D.C. It was the fifth...
- arm) The
armillary sphere has been an
important element of
Portuguese heraldry since the
reign of King
Manuel I of Portugal. The
armillary sphere became...
- Santucci's
armillary sphere is a
Ptolemaic armillary sphere at the
Museo Galileo in Florence, the
largest existing in the world.
Begun on
March 4, 1588...
- arms
placed over a
golden armillary sphere. The
basic version consists of only the
Portuguese shield over the
armillary sphere. This
version was intended...
- An
astrolabe is
essentially a
plane (two-dimensional)
version of an
armillary sphere,
which had
already been
invented in the ****enistic
period and probably...
