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28 September, 2007

(40) Identify the Mechanism

10b
Can you identify this ancient mechanism? What was it used for?

ANSWER: Astrolabe / learn more...

2 answers:

Pam Hoffman said...

This is a version of an Astrolabe.

It is used to check stars for things like latitude & longitude and I think it was primarily put to work in the navigation of ships at sea.

Pam Hoffman
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exQUIZZme ! said...

That's correct!