- A
volvelle or
wheel chart is a type of
slide chart, a
paper construction with
rotating parts. It is
considered an
early example of a
paper analog computer...
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shipping date was held up by the
intricate inner sleeve design based around a
volvelle, with
numerous images visible through holes in the
outer cover. It was...
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umbrella term for
movable book, pop-ups,
tunnel books, transformations,
volvelles, flaps, pull-tabs, pop-outs, pull-downs, and
other features each performing...
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bound decoratively, with
about 100 known copies, it
included several Volvelles that
allowed users to
calculate dates, the
positions of constellations...
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mathematical instruments,
globes and
astrolabes planisphere planetarium Volvelle Yantraraja Zeiss-Planetarium Jena "The most
distinguished Syriac scholar...
- to be
volvelles, a type of
movable book with a wheel,
which at the time was used to help
display astrological and
geographical maps.
Volvelles were a...
- then
abandoned the idea. Twenty-one of its 36 woodcuts are
volvelles. Astronomi****'s
volvelles rely on a
geocentric model of the universe. However, despite...
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medieval astronomical instrument Triquetrum:
ancient astronomical instrument Volvelle:
paper construct with
rotating parts, may be
considered a
subclass of slide...
- information. A
circular slide chart is
sometimes referred to as a
wheel chart or
volvelle.
Unlike other hand-held
mechanical calculating devices such as
slide rules...
- of br**** rings,
which represent the prin****l
circles of the heavens.
Volvelle Hill,
George A. (1893). "Review:
Poole Brothers'
Celestial Handbook and...
