Definition of Torquetum. Meaning of Torquetum. Synonyms of Torquetum

- The torquetum or turquet is a medieval astronomical instrument designed by persons unknown to take and convert measurements made in three sets of coordinates:...
- (one terrestrial and one celestial), a shepherd's dial, a quadrant, a torquetum, and a polyhedral sundial, as well as various textiles. The floor mosaic...
- Cae**** torquetum is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Caecidae. The maximum recorded s**** length...
- Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham. Sidereal pointer (Torquetum) – to determine RA/DEC. Portals: Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space...
- astrometry Telescope: instrument that makes distant objects appear magnified Torquetum: medieval astronomical instrument Triquetrum: ancient astronomical instrument...
- Symbols. Brady Haran for the University of Nottingham. Sidereal pointer (Torquetum) – to determine RA/DEC. Portals: Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space...
- original work. He may have invented an observational instrument known as the torquetum, a mechanical device to transform between spherical coordinate systems...
- sphere Equation of time Geocentric model Horology Orrery Šindel sequence Torquetum A replica of the clock is in Mapo District, Seoul "Legends Of The Old...
- P. (1976). "The Astronomical Instruments of Jabir ibn Aflah and the Torquetum". Centaurus. 20 (1): 11–34. Bibcode:1976Cent...20...11L. doi:10.1111/j...
- also antikythera mechanism), the spinning wheel, and the astrolabe or torquetum. More modern descendants of the wheel include the propeller, the jet engine...