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An astrolabe – Greek for ‘star finder’ – is an instrument with over 2,000 years of history. They could be incredibly intricate, and were used to help keep time, navigate and cast horoscopes. Curator William Greenwood looks at an example from the Islamic world, and explains how you’d go about using one. | British Museum
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An astrolabe – Greek for ‘star finder’ – is an instrument with over 2,000 years of history. They could be incredibly intricate, and were used to help keep time, navigate and cast horoscopes. Curator William Greenwood looks at an example from the Islamic world, and explains how you’d go about using one. | British Museum
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