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Telling time at night using a nocturnal, 1539. Artist: Unknown

Telling time at night using a nocturnal, 1539. Artist: Unknown

1-158-191 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Telling time at night using a nocturnal, 1539. The hour is obtained by measuring the angular position of the imaginary line joining the 'pointers' in the constellation of the Plough to the Pole Star. From Cosmographia by Peter Apian. (Antwerp, 1539).

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  1. Petrus Apianus: German: Cosmographer, mathematician
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