The mathematics of stargazing, from René Descartes' 'Discourse on Meteorology', 1637
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Constellation Libra,15th c edition of Abd ar-Rahman as-Sufi, The Book of Fixed Stars, originally compiled in 964 CE
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A personification of the Four Winds from a medieval illuminated manuscript
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Unidentified Photographer - “Eclipse”, 1929
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Ptolemy's Handy Tables, 9th C. Map of the Constellations showing the northern part of the zodiac
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Planets in a fluid medium, w/0 solid spheres
G. Beati, Sphaera Triplex Artificialis, Elementaris, ac Caelestis, 1662
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Eclipse, from The Kitab al-Bulhan, or Book of Wonders, an Arabic manuscript dating from the late 14th c CE
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The Jagiellonian Clock, incorporating the Jagiellonian Globe, c.1510
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Pages from an Arabic 17th century CE manuscript which, sets out instructions for thepractical uses of an astrolabe
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19th century watercolour interpretation and of the Pre-Columbian Toltec calendar, ca. 900-1200 CE
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