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ONE SIGNED NEF'I, OTTOMAN TURKEY, ONE DATED AH 1282/1865-66 AD
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TWO OTTOMAN WOODEN ASTROLABIC QUADRANTS
ONE SIGNED NEF'I, OTTOMAN TURKEY, ONE DATED AH 1282/1865-66 AD
Both of typical form with astrolabic projections, scale of unequal hours to the front and trigonometric grids to the reverse, each with markings in red and black, the larger also with with gilt, red painted edges, both with original plumb-bobs, the larger signed and dated and with instructions in Ottoman Turkish for the use in summer and winter months
The larger 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.)
ONE SIGNED NEF'I, OTTOMAN TURKEY, ONE DATED AH 1282/1865-66 AD
Both of typical form with astrolabic projections, scale of unequal hours to the front and trigonometric grids to the reverse, each with markings in red and black, the larger also with with gilt, red painted edges, both with original plumb-bobs, the larger signed and dated and with instructions in Ottoman Turkish for the use in summer and winter months
The larger 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.)
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