Tangible Heritage: Production of Astrolabes on a Laser Engraver

The astrolabe, an analog computing device, used to be the iconic instrument of astronomers during the Middle Ages. It allowed a multitude of operations of practical astronomy which were otherwise cumbersome to perform in an epoch when mathematics had apparently almost been forgotten. Usually made fr...

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Vydané v:	Computer graphics forum Ročník 27; číslo 8; s. 2169 - 2177
Hlavný autor:	Zotti, G.
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2008
Predmet:	astrolabe Astronomy Computer graphics cultural heritage I.3.5 [Computer Graphics]: Computational geometry and object modelling - geometric algorithms I.3.5 [Computer Graphics]: Computational geometry and object modelling – geometric algorithms, languages and systems I.3.8 [Computer Graphics]: Applications languages and systems Laser etching Middle Ages Museums post script Procedural modelling Studies Three dimensional imaging
ISSN:	0167-7055, 1467-8659
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