- 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...
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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...
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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...
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original work. He may have
invented an
observational instrument known as the
torquetum, a
mechanical device to
transform between spherical coordinate systems...
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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...
- also
antikythera mechanism), the
spinning wheel, and the
astrolabe or
torquetum. More
modern descendants of the
wheel include the propeller, the jet engine...
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various types of
Astrolabes (including the
Armillary of Ptolemy, the
Torquetum, and the Triquetrum), Jacob’s staff, the
Geometric Square, the astronomical...