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== Bibliography == Evans, James (1998), The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-509539-1 Stöffler, Johannes (2007) [First published 1513], Stoeffler's Elucidatio – The Construction and Use of the Astrolabe [Elucidatio Fabricae Ususque Astrolabii], translated by Gunella, Alessandro; Lamprey, John, John Lamprey, ISBN 978-1-4243-3502-2 King, D. A. (1981), "The Origin of the Astrolabe According to the Medieval Islamic Sources", Journal for the History of Arabic Science, 5: 43–83 King, Henry (1978), Geared to the Stars: the Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries, and Astronomical Clocks, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 978-0-8020-2312-4 Krebs, Robert E.; Krebs, Carolyn A. (2003), Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World, Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-31342-4 Laird, Edgar (1997), Carol Poster and Richard Utz (ed.), "Astrolabes and the Construction of Time in the Late Middle Ages", Constructions of Time in the Late Middle Ages, Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press: 51–69 Laird, Edgar; Fischer, Robert, eds. (1995), "Critical edition of Pélerin de Prusse on the Astrolabe (translation of Practique de Astralabe)", Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Binghamton, New York, ISBN 0-86698-132-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link) Lewis, M. J. T. (2001), Surveying Instruments of Greece and Rome, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-511-48303-5 Morrison, James E. (2007), The Astrolabe, Janus, ISBN 978-0-939320-30-1 Neugebauer, Otto E. (1975), A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-61912-0 North, John David (2005), God's Clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 978-1-85285-451-5
== Further reading == For a scanned copy of a manuscript of the treatise Yantrarāja published by S. Dvivedi and Lattara Sarma, Benaras, 1883: Yantraraja (Internet Archive) (Retrieved on 21 December 2023.) For a detailed description of an astrolabe constructed in India in 1664 CE and now preserved in Edinburgh Museum: Sreemula Rajeswara Sarma (July 2006). Yantraraja at Edinburgh: On a Sanskrit Astrolabe made for Manirama in ad 1644. Edinburgh: Organising Committee of 13th World Sanskrit Conference. Retrieved 21 December 2023. (In proceedings of the 13th World Sanskrit Conference, held in Edinburgh, 10–14 July 2006, pages 77 – 110) Yukio Ohashi (1997). "Early History of the Astrolabe in India" (PDF). Indian Journal of History of Science. 32 (3): 199–295. Retrieved 21 December 2023. This paper includes the full text and English translation of a treatise titled Yantrarāja-adhikāra composed by Padmanābha in 1423 CE. Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma (2008). The Archaic and the Exotic: Studies in the History of Indian Astronomical Instruments. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers and Distributors. ISBN 978-8173045714. Part III of the book containing five articles on astrolabe provides an exhaustive account of the history, construction, distribution and descriptions of the astrolabes in India. For a critical assessment of the correctness or otherwise of the statements in Yantrarāja: Kim Plofker (February 2000). "The astrolabe and spherical trigonometry in medieval India". Journal for the History of Astronomy: 37–54. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
== External links ==
Interactive digital astrolabe by Alex Boxer A digital astrolabe (HTML5 and javascript) Astrolabe Tech Made ... Not So Easy Paper astrolabe generator, from the ESO Printable astrolabe for every 10° of latitude up to 60°, by John Krieger, Lyncean Education (2023) "Hello World!" for the Astrolabe: The First Computer Video of Howard Covitz's Presentation at Ignite Phoenix, June 2009. Slides for Presentation Licensed as Creative Commons by-nc-nd. Video of Tom Wujec demonstrating an astrolabe. Taken at TEDGlobal 2009. Includes clickable transcript. Licensed as Creative Commons by-nc-nd. Archive of James E. Morrison's extensive website on Astrolabes Fully illustrated online catalogue of world's largest collection of astrolabes Mobile astrolabe and horologium Medieval equal hour horary quadrant A Beginner's Guide to Basic Construction and Use of the Astrolabe (using ruler, protractor and compasses) (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2015, retrieved 26 October 2018