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Drawing from a photograph of the comet of 30 January 1881 by P. J. C. Janssen, Observatoire de Meudon @GallicaBnF.
Astrolabe by Badr ibn `Abdallah, 1130/1; online coll. lists Iran; Pingree book (2009), Baghdad @AdlerPlanet (A-84).
Astrolabe made by Muhammad ibn al-Fattuh al-Khama'iri, 1236/7, Seville, Spain; 24 star markers @AdlerPlanet.
Eclipse of the Sun in Alexander Keith Johnston's 'Atlas of Astronomy' (Edinburgh, 1869) @ David Rumsey Map Coll.
Italian iron horary quadrant, inlaid with gold and silver, c. 1600 @britishmuseum https://t.co/3c9AXAOvP0
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, scientist, astronomer, born #OTD 14 April 1629 https://t.co/F5RQ740PGI
Arab-Kufic celestial globe, probably made in Morocco, 11thC? @GallicaBnF https://t.co/tpYRCtxuJO
Roman marble relief w/Phanes, c. 2ndC CE; the zodiac band symbolizes eternal time @GaEstense https://t.co/CKYHhCSiM2
Astrolabe by Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Hatim, Spain, 1240/1 @AdlerPlanet. 26 star markers. Labeled in Arabic.
Diagrams showing aspects of transit of Venus over Sun's disc, James Ferguson's "Astronomy", 1756-1809 @AdlerPlanet.