The Astrolabe Project

• Tools

  Astrolabe Generator
  Astrolabe Simulator
  Sine Quadrant Simulator
  Lunar Volvelle Simulator
  
  

• Astrolabes

  Astrolabe Class Handout
  Demo Astrolabe Files
  Astrolabe Manual (in work)
  Advanced Astrolabe Files
  
  

• Construction

  Assembling the Astrolabe
  
  

• Quadrants

  Horary Quadrant Class Handout
  Sine Quadrant Class Handout
  Sine Quadrant Class Example
  
  

• Volvelles

  Volvelle Class Handout
  Volvelle Class Kit
  
  

• Pages

  • Constructing an Astrolabe
  • Recommended Reading:
  • The Astrolabe Generator

• Links

  • Address for comments
  • Follow me on Twitter
  • Gunter's Quadrant
  • Keith's Astrolabes
  • Medievalscience.org
  • TED: 13th Century Astrolabe
  • The Astrolabe: an Online Resource

• Recent

  • New project up on Thingiverse
  • Euclidea – Geometric Construction puzzles
  • Maker Faire Nova
  • The Astrolabe Generator in media
  • Maker Faire Nova

• Tags

  Advanced arcs of the signs Astrolabe Astrolabe class bug Class Construction Cool drafting education Generator instructable iPad lasercut lunar mansions Maker Faire making media metalex Nova Labs Pennsic Project quadrant Quadrants sim sine quadrant sinequadrant thingiverse video volvelle YouTube

• Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

'Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.'
-- attributed to Alfonso the Wise, King of Castile, after studying the Ptolemaic system