Eastern Astrolabe - Key Ring Zoetrope Fashioned of brass with wood

Fashioned of brass with wood base and featuring a compass rose on the reverse

Wonderfully fashioned a brass with a scenic enamel image upon the closure this compass may be worn around the neck or attached at a pocket piece

the outermost circle is the Tropic of Capricorn

The gimbal is also called a Cardan after the Italian mathematician who developed this method of leveling the instrument at sea in the 15th century

Boxed with instructions on use and booklet on historical context

Eastern Astrolabe - Key Ring Zoetrope Fashioned of brass with woodMiniature Oriental astrolabe. Scale significantly reduced (very complex instrument in this size could be used to learned its parts and basis of use. A real expert could play more). Set for 22 lat. The name astrolabe comes from the Greek astro, meaning "star" and labio, which means "one who seeks" For the star seeker in your life, an Astrolabe would be a fine gift. This instrument is based on the eastern astrolabe now in the collection of the Adler